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Correspondence and papers on asbestos contamination in Armley, Leeds. The contamination was caused by fall-out from J.W. Roberts Ltd asbestos processing factory in Armley.

Folder of material gathered by Dalton on the history of the awareness and knowledge of the risks of asbestos. Numbered and annotated by Dalton. Includes copies of:

• annual reports and correspondence of Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops, 1898-1947
• Home Office reports, 1930-1935
• annual report of Medical Officer of Health, London Borough of Barking, 1945
• Turner & Newall correspondence, 1943-1957
• academic articles and publications, 1904-1994
• press cuttings, 1920s-1983

Correspondence and papers on asbestos in Australia. Includes:

• press cuttings, mostly about sufferers of asbestos-related disease
• ‘Asbestos Kills’ - guide to standards for asbestos removal published by Construction and General Division of Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU)
• copy of Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia booklet

Correspondence and papers on asbestos in Canada and export of asbestos from Canada. Correspondents include Barry Castleman, Mick Holder, Jim Brophy. Includes academic papers and press cuttings. Also report, c. 1998, by Catherine Escojido and Rodrigue Chartier, President of the Syndicat national de l'amiante d'Asbestos inc., entitled 'The controlled use of asbestos. For sustainable development and the protection of employment'.

Correspondence and papers on ban of asbestos in Chile.

Correspondence on research in China on exposure to chrysotile asbestos. Includes academic paper.

Email from Barry Castleman on banning asbestos in Malaysia.

Correspondence and papers on Dalton's career, libel cases brought against him and his health.

Correspondence and papers relating to Dalton's involvement in the production of television and radio programmes on asbestos, together with a series of video recordings and transcripts of documentaries and other programmes collected by Dalton on asbestos and other environmental and occupational health and safety topics.

Press cuttings collected by Dalton on asbestos and other environmental and occupational health issues.

The letter was written in response to an article in The Observer on illegal use of asbestos waste. Cutting of article included.

The letter was written in response to an article in the Journal on asbestos in council homes in the Peckwater Estate, Kentish Town. Cutting of article included.

Includes emails to Dalton in response to his letter.