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GB 249 OEDA/C/3/1/1 · Stuk · c.1983-c.1984
Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Poster reporting on six of the 42 new cases handled by SPAID since October 1983:

  • 48 year old maintenance fitter diagnosed with mesothelioma, after only three years occasional contact with asbestos in naval dockyards
  • 69 year old mesothelioma patient who worked for Turner & Newall, Manchester, for one year, 30 years ago
  • 48 year old mesothelioma patient who came in contact with asbestos during an apprenticeship with ICI, likewise 30 years ago
  • 42 year old former merchant seaman and cargo inspector at Plymouth docks, on severe pain medication for his mesothelioma
  • 45 year old electrical engineer diagnosed with mesothelioma
GB 249 OEDA/C/3/2/5 · Stuk · c.1983-c.1989
Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Board bearing this caption, with four black and white photographs arranged to reproduce one single view through the microscope.

'UICC chrysotile standard' presumably refers to Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) reference chrysotile. Not all types of chrysotile appear to have the same capacity to cause mesothelioma.

GB 249 OEDA/C/3/3/1 · Stuk · c.1980-c.1984
Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Display board alleging that 'cowboy operators' are putting the community at risk, featuring colour photographs of the Turner Asbestos Cement (TAC) Co Ltd / TAC Construction Materials Ltd, Dalmuir. Includes a black and white photograph captioned ‘Clydeside Turner and Newall’s old factory’.

Includes SPAID and OEDA label.

GB 249 OEDA/C/3/3/2 · Stuk · c.1984-c.1985
Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Display board featuring news re G E Rushworth's complaint concerning the demolition of a former warehouse at Robertson Street, Glasgow. Includes colour photographs of the site and extract from the article 'Procurator Fiscal takes up asbestos demolition complaint','Health and safety at work' (September 1984).

Includes SPAID and OEDA label.

GB 249 OEDA/C/3/3/3 · Stuk · c.1987-c.1990s
Part of Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (William Ashton Tait) Archives

Poster of news coverage in response to the proposal to build a private hospital on derelict industrial land on the north bank of the River Clyde between Clydebank and Dalmuir.

The SPAID caption reads: 'Old asbestos waste dumps are a hazard, men wore respirators and protective overalls when clearing Clydebank site where children have played. Thousands of tons of asbestos waste were dumped there during the thirty three years that Turner and Newalls factory operated.'

The hospital complex, a project of Health Care International, opened in June 1994 and incorporated a four star hotel so that family could travel with patients. Reportedly it cost £ 7m to decontaminate the site, which had previously been used by Turner Asbestos Cement (TAC) Co Ltd / TAC Construction Materials Ltd.