Carpenters who worked at power stations were exposed to asbestos and face mesothelioma risk.

A man who recently died of mesothelioma was one of many carpenters who was exposed to asbestos while working at a power station in England, according to the Lynn News on July 1, 2008.

The 86-year-old man died from pneumonia due to mesothelioma cancer, the report said.

The man worked for a generating station, as a maintenance carpenter, from 1955 until 1981.

According to the newspaper article, in those years, he was exposed to both white and blue asbestos.

His work included removing boards, dealing with asbestos lagging around pipes and cutting asbestos.

Sadly, as the lawyers in the Weitz & Luxenberg Asbestos Litigation unit have seen through their work, this is a common example of people who were exposed to carcinogens simply because the powers that be failed to have in place routine safety measures.

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