A woman from the United  Kingdom has died from mesothelioma.  Her death was not expected since she has never worked in an environment involving asbestos.

Linda and John Sinnett were maried for 35 years.  They had three children together.  John is mourning the loss of his wife and said, “She was full of spirit.  Linda was like the boxer Rocky.  If the cancer knocked her down, she would get up again and fight back.  She was a loving woman who was very close to her family.”

Linda’s exposure to asbestos most likely occurred as a child according to a coroner’s inquest.  The coroner, David Ridley, has concluded that Linda was exposed to the asbestos on her father’s overalls.  When the coveralls were washed, asbestos fibers were released into the air.

Ridley explained, “In all probability the washing was done in the same area as athe kitchen.  Come tea time, he would come home, take his overalls off where plenty of asbestos fibers would be thrown into the same area.  Consequently, this would come into contact with the food and preparation areas and be ingested.”

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