Documenting the efforts of the Glasgow Cancer Prevention Society to alert the public and responsible parties to cases of asbestos-related health and safety problems in the region. In chronological order.
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.
Content of a photograph album documenting asbestos contamination at the former site of asbestos construction products company TAC Ltd, Dalmuir.
Includes 9 colour photographs of the site, taken c.1982. Also summary in 'Scots Law Times' 1982 of Clydebank District Council v. Monaville Estates Ltd, 12 December 1979, and photocopy from ‘Clydebank Dunbartonshire: the official handbook’ (c.1950).
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.
Correspondence and papers re blue asbestos in Motherwell housing.
Includes press coverage, colour photographs and original negatives.
Correspondence and papers re a survey and activism on Red Road flats workers.
Includes press coverage, correspondence with politicians (councillors, MPs), and survey forms.
Red Road flats refers to a high-rise housing complex located in the northeast of the city of Glasgow. In its construction large amounts of asbestos were used to ensure the structural integrity of the buildings in the event of a fire. The complex was formally condemned in July 2008 after a long period of decline.
Correspondence and papers re the demolition of a former warehouse at Robertson Street, Glasgow, the modalities of which led G E Rushworth to lodge an official complaint with the Procurator Fiscal.
Includes colour photographs, also copy article 'Procurator Fiscal takes up asbestos demolition complaint', in 'Health and Safety at Work' September 1984.
Correspondence and press coverage re asbestos decontamination at the Clyde Submarine Base, Faslane, and asbestos waste tipping at Glenboig.
Includes colour photographs.
Correspondence and papers re the Carron Ironworks demolition site in Stirlingshire.
Includes press coverage.
Material relating to the production of the Society's series of cancer information pamphlets ('Facts on cancer xy') published between c.1983-1988.
Includes drafts of nearly each pamphlet, correspondence re their content, and research materials such as scientific papers, press coverage, pamphlets and leaflets on the respective cancer by other agencies (BACUP, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, ASH, Health Education Council, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Institute of Medical Ethics, Office of Population Censuses & Surveys (OPCS), Cancer Research Campaign, International Union Against Cancer, etc).
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.