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Correspondence and press coverage re asbestos decontamination at the Clyde Submarine Base, Faslane, and asbestos waste tipping at Glenboig.

Includes colour photographs.

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).

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

Press articles on dangerous dyes, among them an article on G E Rushworth’s own compensation claim for occupational cancer of the bladder.

Also includes annotated copy of 'Guidelines for work with chemical carcinogens in Medical Research Council Establishments: provisional statement' (October 1979), and copy of Peter Kirby (c.1982) 'Death in the textile industry: a proportionate mortality study of 952 dyers, bleachers and textile workers who died between 1976-1980' (TGWU Textile Group: Bradford).

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, including drafts of booklet 'Facts on breast cancer'.

Correspondence and papers, including drafts of booklet 'Facts on cervical cancer'.

Leaflets, scientific publications, press coverage.

Press cuttings, most of them mounted, documenting the foundation of the Glasgow Cancer Prevention Society, its activities over the years, and the specific cases of health and safety concerns it addressed.

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

Correspondence between Rushworth's colleague Ian Patten, Project Leader at the Cancer Prevention Society, and various medical boarding centers (formerly known as Pneumoconiosis Medical Panels) over methods of lung biopsy and the issue of whether the then current edition of DHSS pamphlet NI.226 ('Pneumoconiosis and related occupational diseases', Paragraph 43: 'Diffuse mesothelioma') was misleading and therefore counterproductive.

Includes photocopy of the fatal accident inquiry into the death of Ronald Arthur Hill 3 June 1983 at Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow.