File 1 - Measuring airborne asbestos

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GB 249 OEDA/D/2/4/1

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Measuring airborne asbestos

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  • 1977-1986 (Creation)

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4 folders
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Archival history

From a lever arch file inscribed 'Measuring' and a folder inscribed 'Papers which refer airborne asbestos concentrations in buildings'

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Correspondence, notes, scientific reports and papers, press reports, also product information relating to the analysis/measurement of asbestos exposure, levels and guidelines, and sampling equipment. Includes

  • Asbestosis Research Council (ARC) technical notes on dust sampling and measurement of airborne asbestos dust, c.1978
  • product information re Charles Austen Pumps Ltd, Casella London Ltd, Rotheroe & Mitchell Ltd
  • copy of F S Gill and I Ashton [1982] ‘Monitoring for health hazards at work’
  • copy of E Gonzalez-Fernandez and F R Martín (1986) 'Comparison of NIOSH and AIA methods for evaluating asbestos fibres: effects of asbestos type, mounting medium, graticule type and counting rules', Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 30(4): 397-410
  • EPA report by G Dufour et al. (1980) ‘Measurement of asbestos air pollution inside buildings sprayed with asbestos’, with related correspondence and notes on the report

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      • English

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