Baker exposed to asbestos in biscuit factory while cleaning tanks and ovens succumbs to mesothelioma.

A 75-year-old baker who worked in a biscuit factory died from mesothelioma, reported the Reading Evening Post on June 19, 2008.

The man had worked at the biscuit factory between 1950 and 1956, according to the Post.

Before he died, he reportedly described how he had to clean large galvanised iron tanks used for export.

In those comments he revealed that every tank contained white fibrous substance at the bottom.

He said he and other workers had to get into the tanks to clean them and got the white dust on their clothes and in their hair.

Tragically, he said he heard managers talking about the substance and they said it was asbestos. Those managers, however, failed to warn him of the dangers of asbestos exposure.

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