Asbestos led to cancer, inquest into factory worker's death is told
A RETIRED factory worker from Southampton died from exposure to asbestos, an inquest heard.
Renee Dyer, of Quayside Road, died at Southampton General Hospital shortly after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
A Southampton inquest heard how the 70-year-old came into contact with the substance while working in an electrical components factory for just four months during the 1960s.
A biopsy taken after her death on April 18 last year confirmed that she had mesothelioma.
Southampton Coroner Keith Wiseman recorded an industrial disease death determination.
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