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Correspondence and papers on man-made mineral fibres. Research carried out by Dalton for the Labour Research Department.

Reports on the relationship between industrial relations and the environment in Germany, Spain, Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Denmark and the UK. Also includes details of a textile eco labelling scheme.

Includes:

• copies of extracts from Hansard relating to Health and Safety at Work Bill, 1974
• article, possibly by Dalton, for Hazards Bulletin, 1976
• correspondence between Dalton and clerk of Select Committee on Employment, Health and Safety at Work Act Subcommittee on investigation of 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act, 1981

Papers on trade unions and the environment. Comprises:

• Dalton’s notes from TUC Environment Symposium, 1996
• report and articles on trade unions and the environment, 1992-1998

Papers on prosecutions of waste disposal/recycling firms over deaths of employees. Inlcudes press coverage and notes by Dalton on Ian Ward who died while working for Norpol Recycling Ltd, Lancashire.

Correspondence and papers on landfill. Includes lists of landfill site operators in UK.

• Annual report, minutes and papers of the Pesticides Forum, 1999-2000
• Pesticide Action Network UK: Review, 2001; Catalogue of lists of pesticides, 2001

Papers on health risks for quarry workers.

Papers on Substitution of Organic Solvents in Printing project (SUBSPRINT).

Academic papers, press releases and fact sheets on silicosis.

Research carried out by Dalton for Labour Research Department on merits of hard versus soft toilet paper.

Correspondence and papers on noise induced hearing loss in commercial vehicle drivers. Includes transcript of World in Action programme ‘Long Distance Lorry Drivers’.

• report of review by Health and Safety Executive into management of health and safety and the standards of risk control at premises run by Atomic Weapons Establishment plc
• press cuttings on safety at atomic weapons plants

Folder entitled ‘H&S History II’ on the history of health and safety at work. Includes:

• transcript of proceedings at Labour Research Department Speakers' School, 1942
• account of proceedings at open meeting of National Union of Railwaymen, 1943
• Amalgamated Engineering Union first report on health and welfare enquiry, 1944
• report of Labour Research Department conference on accidents and ill health at work, 1960
• press release by Health and Safety Executive announcing first health and safety prosecution on indictment for alleged infringement of health and safety legislation, 1975
• Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs special report on Vinyl Chloride Monomer, 1980
• 'Reagan in the workplace: unravelling the health and safety net' by Philip J. Simon, 1983
• academic papers on various health and safety at work issues, 1948-1991

Series of files on environmental and occupational health topics other than asbestos. Some files were created by Dalton in the course of a single role, eg as Researcher in Health and Safety at the Labour Research Department, whereas other files span more than one role.