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Cancer victim, 82, handled asbestos

One of the men who helped to build Ironbridge Power Station died from cancer after years of exposure to asbestos in his career, a Wellington inquest heard. One of the men who helped to build Ironbridge Power Station died from cancer after years of exposure to asbestos in his career, a Wellington inquest heard. Nobody ever told Roy Hitchin about the dangers or the need for protective equipment during his work as a steel erector in Britain and abroad, the inquest was told. Telford & Wrekin coroner Michael Gwynne recorded a verdict of death due to industrial disease on Mr Hitchin, of Hollybirch Grove, St Georges. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star.

News|Aug 14, 2008
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