Dreadful Toll of Killer Asbestos ; Special Report

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THEY were hard-working people - teachers, factory workers, telephone exchange girls - but now three people a week are dying from a disease that has been slowly killing them from within.

As each year passes, more mainstream large employers in the Midlands are coming under investigation for their asbestos record and one of the latest surprise workplaces was the hub of a community - the former Woolworths store, in Harborne High Street.

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Dreadful Toll of Killer Asbestos ; Special Report

Lung cancer mesothelioma has not even reached its peak, according to medics, with doctors predicting a further 50,000 people diagnosed with the fatal condition over the next three decades.

And it is all because of exposure to deadly asbestos dust - in the w...

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