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String bound volumes, A3-plus size, containing mounted press clippings January 1978-July 1983. Loose material 1983-1987 tucked in at the back.

Correspondence and papers on asbestos in schools and other educational establishments. Includes press coverage and correspondence with Department of Education and Science (London), Scottish Office of the Ministry for Industry and Education, Educational Institute of Scotland, MPs (one of them Donald Dewar), union representatives, representatives of the HSC/HSE including W Simpson, director of the HSC.

Material relating to the former site of TAC Co Ltd, Dalmuir. The site had been used for the manufacture of asbestos products 1938-1970. After TAC closed down operations in 1970, the site was owned by Monaville Estates Ltd.

Correspondence and papers 1980-1982 chiefly re the environmental dangers posed by the former site of Turner Asbestos Cement (TAC) Co Ltd, Dalmuir. Includes:

• colour photographs of the site
• correspondence with solicitors re Clydebank District Council v. Monaville Estates Limited
• correspondence with solicitors re former workers at TAC
• correspondence with the Sheriff's Office, HSE representatives and other occupational health experts, the Director of Environmental Services of Clydebank District Council, the Ministry for Home Affairs and the Environment (Edinburgh), MPs, the Scottish Civic Trust
• minutes of meetings between G E Rushworth and members of North Mountblow Community Council
• photocopies from a scientific paper on asbestos in Scotland and the final report of the HSC's Advisory Committee on Asbestos (ACA) (the Simpson Committee) published in October 1979

In August 1980, the Cancer Prevention Society called for a public inquiry into the asbestos waste tip at the former site of TAC Ltd, by then owned by Monaville Estates Ltd.

Correspondence and papers. Includes a draft of the CPS pamphlet 'Facts on cancer'.

Drafts of 'Facts on ovarian cancer' and correspondence. Leaflets, scientific publications, press coverage.

Drafts of 'Facts on prostatic cancer' and correspondence. Leaflets, scientific publications, press coverage.

Correspondence, leaflets, scientific publications, press coverage.

Drafts of 'Facts on testicular cancer' and correspondence, leaflets, scientific publications, press coverage.

Mainly drafts of 'Facts on cancer of the uterus', some scientific publications. 1 letter.

Correspondence, press coverage and notes re asbestos issues at St Brendan's school, Yoker near Glasgow. Also includes copies from an inspection of the school, dated 23 August 1982.

Among the correspondents were councillor Jim Bannerman OBE, MP Donald Dewar, union representatives and the office of the Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow.

A routine inspection in August 1982 had discovered defects in ceiling finishes containing amosite (brown asbestos). Rushworth and others did not find the Authority response adequate and proceeded to instigate discussion on how the asbestos regulations and the recent conclusions of the Advisory Committee on Asbestos (ACA) should be interpreted.

Listing of press cuttings, in chronological order, January 1978-October 1982. Loose material 1978-1987 tucked in at the back.

Correspondence and papers on cancer of the bladder.

Correspondence and papers re a report on 'Problems of asbestosis/Ineumoconiosis [sic] claimants in Clydeside', compiled by the Cancer Prevention Society (CPS). Background of the project appears to have been a comparatively high rejection rate (88%) for industrial injuries benefits claim in Glasgow, compared to e.g. Newcastle where Pneumoconiosis Medical Panels reportedly rejected only 60% of cases. Includes copies of:

• typescript 'Preliminary findings from information provided from death registration in Glasgow G1-G84 for the years 1974-1982'
• charts visualising death counts by post code
• several versions of listing of asbestos cases among thermal insulation engineers (by name), compiled by John Todd, a prominent representative of the Glasgow branch of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) during the 1970s and 1980s
• listings of asbestosis and mesothelioma by postcode, largely anonymised
• death certificates 1975-1982, 1983-1987

Volunteer helpers in the project were Mrs J Elliott from Cardross and, from Glasgow, Mrs Margaret Letang (social research student), Mr Paul Hannah (legal student), Mr Quintin Oliver (welfare rights advisor), Mr George Moore (solicitor) and Ms Pam Bartlett (Assistant Co-ordinator, Community Resources Project, Glasgow College of Technology). Staff of the Cancer Prevention Society involved in the project were Rushworth and two CPS Development Officers, David Baker and John Curran.