A recent article in the UK’s HemelToday talks about a builder who had worked with asbestos for at least 10 years. The man passed away in June at the age of 72. His job involved cutting up asbestos — asbestolux and corrugated sheets, specifically — in the 1960s. They note that the man’s job lead to “fairly substantial” asbestos exposure, as he would regularly come in contact with the material.

Asbestos exposure can lead to mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer with no cure. Mesothelioma attacks the lining of various body organs like the lungs. Often, mesothelioma victims experience tremendous grief, pain and suffering — and sometimes very high medical bills. It’s a lot for victims, along with their loved ones, to deal with.

The builder’s asbestos exposure wasn’t limited to that one job, though. In the 1970s, he worked for a timber works that also put him in a setting where he was exposed to asbestos. And it didn’t stop until people started to realize its dangers.

The coroner, Edward Thomas, was quoted in the article to say that because the man had “a number of medical problems,” he is “satisfied the cause of death was mesothelioma.”

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