Item 1 - Correspondence with White Lung Association

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GB 249 OEDA/F/10/2/1

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Correspondence with White Lung Association

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  • 1982, 1984-2000 (Creation)

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2 folders
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(1979-present)

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From a lever arch file inscribed 'White Lung Assn. and Barbara Zeluck | USA'

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Papers and correspondence with White Lung Association (WLA), 1984-1991 and 1994-2000. From 1996 Mrs Barbara Zeluck is the main correspondent. Includes

  • WLA asbestos update, May 1995 to September 1998 (incomplete set)
  • opinion of Judge Becker, in Georgine v. Amchem Prod Inc, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (5 October 1996)
  • WLA leaflet [1995] 'Differences between British and US compensation systems'
    Also research papers, among them:
  • H Vinke and T Wilthagen [1994] 'The non-mobilization of law: asbestos victims in the Netherlands'
  • L C Oliver et al. (1991) 'Asbestos-related disease in public school custodians'
  • Paul W MacAvoy (January 1982) ‘Working paper series C: the economic consequences of asbestos-related disease’

Barbara Zeluck (née Adler, 1923-2010) was an American socialist, occupational health and safety campaigner, and civil rights activist.

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      • English

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