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Asbestos-death mystery
An 86-year-old woman was killed by an asbestos-related cancer despite never knowingly coming into contact with the killer dust, an inquest heard.
Mary Jessop was living at Overgate Hospice, Elland, when she died on December 1, 2007.
She was diagnosed with mesothelioma – cancer of the linings of the chest and lungs – earlier that year and died from bronchial pneumonia linked to the disease.
But Halifax Coroner's Court was told neither Mrs Jessop nor any of her family worked with asbestos. She was a mender and then worked on the production line at Mackintosh's Sweet Factory, Halifax.
Coroner James Turnbull recorded a verdict of misadventure.
"Where she came into contact with asbestos is a mystery," he said.
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