Health and Safety Executive A further study of cancer among the current and former employees of National Semiconductor (UK) Ltd., Greenock 20030.01 cover final.indd 1 8/16/10 4:17:07 PM A further study of cancer among the current and former employees of National Semiconductor (UK) Ltd., Greenock Health and Safety Executive and Institute of Occupational Medicine United Kingdom Andrew Darnton1, Sam Wilkinson1, Brian Miller2, Laura MacCalman2, Karen Galea2, Amy Shafrir2, John Cherrie2, Damien McElvenny3, John Osman1 1Health and Safety Executive Epidemiology Unit Redgrave Court Merton Road Bootle Merseyside L20 7HS 2Institute of Occupational Medicine Research Avenue North Riccarton Edinburgh EH14 4AP 3University of Central Lancashire School of Public Health and Clinical Sciences Preston Lancashire PR1 2HE © Crown copyright 2010 First published 2010 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Applications for reproduction should be made in writing to: The Office of Public Sector Information, Information Policy Team, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU or e-mail:
[email protected] ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Current and former management and workers at NSUK Greenock without whom this investigation could not have been completed, especially Susan Seutter, Bob Steel, and Douglas Blackwood. Steering Committee Members, Raymond Agius, Freda Alexander and Oliver Blatchford. Dr Rod Muir, former chair of the Privacy Advisory Committee, NHS National Services, Scotland. Staff at NHS National Services, Scotland, Information and Statistics Division (ISD), especially Roger Black, David Brewster, Laura Kelso, Susan Frame, Judith Stark, Richard Dobbie, Lesley Bhatti, David Clark, Douglas Clark, Susan Jensen, and Catherine Storey.