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Photocopy of Code of federal regulations (revised 1 July 1997), EPA, 40 CFR Parts 61 to 62 (Subpart M - national emission standard for asbestos)

Papers and a little covering correspondence re the proposed US Senate bill ‘to amend the Toxic Substance Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products’ and the contemporary asbestos compensation crisis in the US. Includes

• copy of Senator Murray’s proposed bill
• copies of Judge Griffin B Bell’s June 2002 speeches on asbestos litigation and judicial leadership

In Nancy Tait's circles, people monitoring these developments included Own Tudor, Laurie Kazan-Allen and Adrian Budgeon.

Soft-bound set of industry brochures, compiled for the '1983 building industry convention', London, 25-29 April 1983.

Poster featuring the electron microscope used at the SPAID / OEDA Electron Microscope Research Unit (EMU). Subtitled 'A new name for an exciting microscope providing TEM, SEM and STEM modes, plus elements analysis - that's TEMSCAN'. Additional labels were added by SPAID / OEDA: 'asbestos body' and 'chrysotile'.

Display board with reproduction of floor plan of the SPAID Electron Microscope Research Unit (EMU), November 1987, and colour photographs of EMU equipment. Also features the EM technician, presumably Lawrie Hawkins.

The board is labelled 'OEDA', which would date it 1993 or after. However, it looks as if this was not the original labelling.

Mounted drawing of ground floor office space at Mitre House, 66 Abbey Road, Enfield, with photographic documentation.

This appears to have been produced by Architects' Co-Partnership (ACP) of Potters Bar, the architectural firm commissioned by SPAID.

Poster listing where asbestos may be present at home, with instructions to proceed with caution.

Copy of London Hazard Centre (1995) 'Asbestos hazards handbook'. Nancy Tait was one of the five invited speakers at the press conference to launch this publication.

Display board featuring colour photographs of diseased organs: mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis - pleural thickening.

Photocopy of letter to SPAID from Cleveland Constabulary, 1983, re asbestos free brake linings and pads. Mounted and captioned 'Asbestos free brakes'.

Display board visualising the presence of asbestos in common roof tiles, and substitute products.

Display board visualising the presence of asbestos in common plasters and fillers, and asbestos-free substitutes.

Display board visualising do's and don't's for the handiman, adequate protective clothing for interaction with asbestos, appropriate disposal methods.

Display board visualising the presence of asbestos in common building materials, and asbestos substitutes.