Carpenters who cut asbestos sheets at risk for mesothelioma cancer.

In recent news about the dangers of asbestos, a carpenter who cut up sheets of asbestos in the 1960s died nearly 50 years later of mesothelioma from exposure to the deadly substance.

The carpenter, 71, was married to his wife for 52 years, and had retired just nine months before his death.

His past work included doing maintenance in City buildings.

His son recalled, "In the sixties I had been present when he cut asbestos sheets with a handsaw to fit backing plates to fires."

His father became sick after retirement and his physician treated him for a lung infection.

During tests a doctor told him he had terminal cancer and it was later confirmed to be the asbestos-related lung cancer mesothelioma.

A short time later, he was taken to a hospital when he began to make a "rasping noise" and he died three days later.

Many carpenters exposed to asbestos sheets have come forward to say their work environment led to a diagnosis of mesothelioma, asbestosis or lung cancer from asbestos.

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