Poster on Clydebank asbestos dump

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Poster of news coverage in response to the proposal to build a private hospital on derelict industrial land on the north bank of the River Clyde between Clydebank and Dalmuir.
The SPAID caption reads: 'Old asbestos waste dumps are a hazard, men wore respirators and protective overalls when clearing Clydebank site where children have played. Thousands of tons of asbestos waste were dumped there during the thirty three years that Turner and Newalls factory operated.'
The hospital complex, a project of Health Care International, opened in June 1994 and incorporated a four star hotel so that family could travel with patients. Reportedly it cost £ 7m to decontaminate the site, which had previously been used by Turner Asbestos Cement (TAC) Co Ltd / TAC Construction Materials Ltd.
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Created by Anna-K Mayer, 24 November 2016
Located at Reading Room AP10.9 / OEDA drawer 2
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The black and white photograph is copyright of Sunday Times.
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