Coroner’s Verdict

ASBESTOS WAS KILLER

08:00 - 24 April 2008

A Former joiner died at the age of just 53 from cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, an inquest heard.

Coroner Dr Robert Hunter said Peter Wood was the youngest person to die from mesothelioma on whom he had held an inquest.

Recording a verdict that Mr Wood died from an industrial disease, he said: “There’s quite clear evidence that in various jobs he was exposed to asbestos.”

Mr Wood, of <*******> was diagnosed with cancer in March 2006 and died on April 16 (No he didn’t, he died on Sunday, 6th April at 4.20 pm to be precise…I was there, and thanks for telling everyone where I live…) this year.

Mr Wood worked for Derbyshire County Council as a joiner from 1969 to 1982. While there he made asbestos-lined cupboards for school science labs.

He also renovated buildings that had asbestos in them.

I personally was so angry that this was printed in The Derby Evening Telegraph, I don’t know why - but I was so angry!

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