Annex 1
Past and Current Cancer Related Research
on behalf of HSE, 1990-99
ASBESTOS AND
FIBRES—PAST
RESEARCH
| Project number |
Title | Start Date
| Finish Date | Contractor
| Cost |
| R42.046 | Determining asbestos dispersed in trace quantities
| 01/01/1991 | 30/11/1992
| Institute of Occupational Medicine Ltd
| £36,260 |
| R42.070 | Quantitative measurement of asbestos/other fibres in bulk materials
| 01/04/1993 | 31/01/1998
| Health and Safety Laboratory
| £253,800 |
| R46.049 | Workplace effectiveness of RPE for asbestos removal
| 02/03/1992 | 01/09/1994
| Institute of Occupational Medicine Ltd
| £230,761 |
| R48.044 | Reference materials for bulk asbestos identification
| 01/05/1989 | 30/06/1991
| Institute of Occupational Medicine Ltd
| £54,211 |
| R48.062 | Review of in-house analytical method for bulk asbestos
| 01/04/1992 | 22/05/1994
| Health and Safety Laboratory
| £16,000 |
| R51.038 | Asbestos exposure: bronchial carcinoma risk
| 01/07/1991 | 31/12/1992
| Brompton Hospital | £23,617
|
| R51.149 | Duty to survey for asbestos in workplace buildings
| 09/06/1997 | 31/08/1997
| RPS Thomson | £19,800
|
| R51.174 | Asbestos in buildings—method of repair
| 15/10/1998 | 03/02/1999
| DPF Environmental and Occupational
| £1,800 |
| R56.076 | Retrospective case control study younger mesothelioma cases
| 01/04/1996 | 31/07/1998
| Imperial College London |
£115,900 |
| R56.080 | Lung fibre content of younger mesothelioma cases
| 01/09/1997 | 31/05/1999
| University of Wales College of Cardiff
| £80,200 |
| R64.026 | Evaluation of the asbestos campaign
| 18/03/1996 | 30/12/1996
| Ryder-Marsh Ltd | £11,926
|
| Z64.026 | Evaluation of the asbestos campaign
| 01/01/1996 | 30/09/1996
| Health and Safety Laboratory
| £43,000 |
| R73.023 | Survey of current practice on managing asbestos
| 21/06/1999 | 20/08/1999
| Business and Market Research Ltd
| £9,425 |
| | |
|
| Total cost | £896,700
|
ASBESTOS, FIBRES
AND CANCER—CURRENT
RESEARCH
| Project number | Title
| Start Date | Finish Date
| Contractor | Cost
|
| R51.123 | Thoracic sampling of fibres
| 01/10/1996 | 30/04/2000
| Institute of Occupational Medicine Ltd
| £86,362 |
| R51.162 | Comparison of a man-made fibre durability test
| 02/02/1998 | 31/03/2000
| Health and Safety Laboratory
| £119,900 |
| R51.170 | Case control study of younger mesothelioma cases
| 01/01/1999 | 31/12/2003
| Inst of Cancer Research |
£501,000 |
| R51.171 | Methods for the assessment of asbestos removal operations
| 01/06/1998 | 31/12/2000
| Health and Safety Laboratory
| £71,700 |
| | |
|
| Total cost | £778,962
|
CARCINOGENS AND
MUTAGENS—PAST
RESEARCH
| Project number | Title
| Start Date | Finish Date
| Contractor | Cost
|
| R51.033 | Cancer risk in biological research workers
| 01/11/1991 | 31/01/1995
| University of Nottingham |
£112,845 |
| R51.037 | Brain cancers and adhesives
| 01/04/1992 | 31/03/1995
| University of Birmingham |
£248,135 |
| R51.055 | Cancer mortality among UK Steel Foundry Workers
| 01/04/1992 | 31/03/1993
| University of Birmingham |
£12,555 |
| R51.084 | Trace metal exposure and health effects
| 01/03/1995 | 28/02/1998
| Health and Safety Laboratory
| £108,500 |
| R51.103 | Signal transduction/oxidative stress/cell proliferation
| 01/12/1995 | 30/04/1999
| MRC Institute for Environment and Health
| £83,114 |
| R51.118 | Development of an in vitro test method for aneuploidy
| 01/10/1996 | 30/09/1999
| University of Wales College of Medicine
| £38,700 |
| R51.167 | Exposure to respirable quartz and silicosis risks
| 01/07/1998 | 31/12/1999
| Institute of Occupational Medicine
| £83,395 |
| R56.068 | Case control study of urothelial tumours
| 01/03/1995 | 01/09/1997
| University of Birmingham |
£86,057 |
| | |
|
| Total cost | £773,301
|
CARCINOGENS AND
MUTAGENS—CURRENT
RESEARCH
| Project number | Title
| Start Date | Finish Date
| Contractor | Cost
|
| R51.106 | Teratological hazards associated with chemical exposure
| 01/01/1996 | 31/05/2002
| Regional Drugs and Therapeutic Centre
| £139,248 |
| R51.136 | Nongenotoxic carcinogens: intercellular communications
| 01/10/1997 | 30/09/2000
| University of Birmingham |
£48,300 |
| R51.145 | Development of the Knowledge Based System (KBS)
| 01/07/1997 | 31/01/2000
| Health & Safety Laboratory
| £144,800 |
| R51.158 | Uncertainty factors for chemical risk assessment
| 05/01/1998 | 31/12/2000
| University of Southampton |
£186,492 |
| R51.159 | Site of contact mutagenicity testing
| 13/07/1998 | 29/02/2000
| Covance Laboratories Ltd |
£47,590 |
| R56.079 | Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU)
| 01/04/1996 | 30/09/2000
| In collaboration with DH and other OGDs
| £275,144 |
| | |
|
| Total cost | £841,574
|
EMFS—PAST
RESEARCH
| Project number | Title
| Start Date | Finish Date
| Contractor | Cost
|
| R53.139 | Potential mutagenicity of power frequency magnetic fields
| 01/02/1993 | 31/01/1994
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £3,997 |
| R53.141 | Carcinogenic effects of ELF magnetic fields
| 01/08/1993 | 31/07/1995
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £30,700 |
| R53.157 | Childhood leukaemia in offspring of sewing machinists
| 01/02/1996 | 31/01/1997
| University of Birmingham |
£27,489 |
| R53.160 | Electromagnetic fields around power tools
| 01/07/1996 | 30/11/1996
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £7,420 |
| R56.069 | EMF and cancer: is an epidemiological study possible
| 01/03/1995 | 30/06/1996
| University of Birmingham |
£22,002 |
| | |
|
| Total cost | £91,608
|
EMF AND CANCER—CURRENT
RESEARCH
| Project number | Title
| Start Date | Finish Date
| Contractor | Cost
|
| R53.152 | Health effects of exposure to static/time varying EMF
| 17/04/1996 | 31/03/2001
| World Health Organisation |
£100,000 |
| | |
|
| Total cost | £100,000
|
OPTICAL RADIATION
AND CANCER—PAST
RESEARCH
| Project number | Title
| Start Date | Finish Date
| Contractor | Cost
|
| R53.167 | Evaluation of sun safety perceptions by outdoor workers
| 01/09/1997 | 31/10/1997
| Research Works Ltd. | £5,000
|
| | |
|
| Total cost | £5,000
|
OPTICAL RADIATION
AND CANCER—CURRENT
RESEARCH
| Project number | Title
| Start Date | Finish Date
| Contractor | Cost
|
| R53.161 | Sking Ageing & Naevi from natural and artificial UV exposure
| 01/11/1996 | 31/07/2000
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
| £94,078 |
| | |
|
| Total cost | £94,078
|
IONISING RADIATION—PAST
RESEARCH
| Project number | Title
| Start Date | Finish Date
| Contractor | Cost
|
| R47.010 | Options for designated areas/work with ionising radiation
| 01/02/1996 | 31/10/1996
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £19,833 |
| R47.012 | Radiation: a critique of exposure limit values
| 01/09/1997 | 30/04/1998
| DERA Centre for Marine Technology
| £52,447 |
| R47.013 | Effects on infants of intakes of radioactivity by mothers
| 01/01/1997 | 31/12/1999
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £45,000 |
| R47.015 | Protocols for assessing occupational exposure to radiation
| 01/02/1997 | 30/06/1998
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £9,062 |
| R51.035 | Health of offspring of parents occupationally exposed to radiation
| 01/12/1990 | 14/12/96
| In collaboration with DH |
£743,000 |
| R51.036 | Cancer mortality: off-spring of radiation workers
| 05/02/1992 | 03/10/1997
| In collaboration with DH |
£743,000 |
| R54.052 | Mutation frequencies: Sellafield Laboratory worker
| 01/04/1991 | 31/03/1992
| In collaboration with DH |
£18,900 |
| R54.053 | Murine lung tumour induction: paternal X-irradiation
| 01/04/1992 | 31/03/1994
| In collaboration with DH |
£74,500 |
| R54.056 | Childhood leukaemogenesis: chromosome fluorescence
| 01/07/1991 | 30/06/1994
| In collaboration with DH |
£81,000 |
| R54.057 | Predicted consequences of germ cell injury
| 01/07/1991 | 30/06/1993
| In collaboration with DH |
£90,000 |
| R59.013 | Methods of removing radon daughter concentrations in mines
| 01/08/1993 | 31/01/1994
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £6,808 |
| R59.019 | Development of performance tests for Tritium
| 01/08/1993 | 30/09/1994
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £2,967 |
| R59.020 | Guidance on personal dosemeter calibration and performance
| 01/12/1993 | 31/01/1994
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £5,900 |
| R59.021 | Analysis results trial performance tests using neutrons
| 01/11/1993 | 31/01/1995
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £10,200 |
| R59.022 | Analysis results performance tests using X-Rays
| 01/11/1993 | 31/10/1994
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £10,200 |
| R59.023 | Thorium standards and intercomparison exercises
| 01/04/1994 | 31/12/1994
| National Physics Laboratory
| £18,000 |
| R59.024 | Review of the potential for occupational exposure to Radon
| 01/06/1994 | 30/11/1997
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £13,570 |
| R59.025 | Remote handling of sources for radiographic inspection
| 18/08/1994 | 14/11/1995
| City University | £23,000
|
| R59.027 | Contamination monitors performance
| 20/02/1995 | 31/03/1995
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £4,994 |
| R59.028 | Risk of radiological examination of compressed air workers
| 04/09/1995 | 31/05/1995
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £6,250 |
| R59.029 | Reporting loss, disperal of radioactive substances
| 01/02/1996 | 31/10/1996
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £32,100 |
| R59.030 | Development of guidance on establishing dose constraints
| 01/02/1996 | 31/10/1996
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £19,808 |
| R59.031 | Cellular response to ionising radiation/mutated BRCA1 gene
| 24/06/1996 | 24/09/1997
| In collaboration with DH |
£59,549 |
| R59.032 | Population variation in the cellular response to radiation
| 01/09/1996 | 31/08/1998
| In collaboration with DH |
£185,564 |
| R59.034 | Audit of routine performance testing of x-ray systems
| 01/11/1997 | 30/04/1998
| United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust
| £3,500 |
| R59.035 | Reporting of spills and losses of radioactive substances
| 03/08/1998 | 30/11/1998
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £4,268 |
| R59.036 | Identifying high radiation dose site radiography work
| 04/05/1999 | 31/10/1999
| University of Aberdeen |
£7,300 |
| R59.037 | Continued use and transport of radioactive sources that are older than their recommended working life
| 01/09/1999 | 31/01/00
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £10,200 |
| R59.038 | Monitoring instruments, their choice and use
| 10/09/1999 | 15/12/1999
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £3,528 |
| R59.040 | Rewrite of NRPB report M-689
| 08/11/1999 | 31/12/1999
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £3,900 |
| S47.020 | A review of probability of causation for a case on Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
| 03/11/1999 | 10/11/1999
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £480 |
| Z59.014 | Mortality analysis/National registry of radiation workers
| 01/08/1995 | 31/03/1997
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £446,500 |
| | |
|
| Total cost
£2,244,410
|
IONISING RADIATION—CURRENT
RESEARCH
| Project number | Title
| Start Date | Finish Date
| Contractor | Cost
|
| R59.033 | Interpreting data after inhalation of thorium oxide
| 01/04/1997 | 31/03/2000
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £32,300 |
| R59.037 | Continued use and transport of radioactive sources that are older than their recommended working lives
| 01/09/1997 | 31/01/2000
| Nat Radiological Protection Board
| £10,200 |
| R59.039 | Doses to the skin of workers' hands during medical uses of ionising radiation
| 01/12/1999 | 30/11/2001
| North Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust
| £53,508 |
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