According to a recent inquest, a UK man’s death has been attributed to the rare cancer mesothelioma, most often linked to asbestos exposure. The man, former naval worker Kenneth Garside, was 84 at the time of his death back in 2008.

Garside was exposed to asbestos for decades of his life as he worked in a shipyard. Exposure to airborne asbestos fibers has long been linked with mesothelioma, as well as lung cancer, asbestosis, pleural plaques, and other types of lung damage. The disease typically lies dormant for up to fifty years before an individual begins to suffer from mesothelioma symptoms, and the majority of patients lose their battle with this cancer in less than two years following diagnosis.

Garside, of Fareham in the UK, was employed as a shipwright at a naval yard near Portsmouth. He passed away on February 2, 2008, after battling with mesothelioma. Despite the best efforts of research scientists from around the globe, there is no cure for mesothelioma.

Chemotherapy and radiation therapy do benefit some patients, but the cancer is always fatal. However, there are those who live for seven years or more with the cancer after being diagnosed.

Portsmouth and south-east Hampshire coroner David Horsley recorded a verdict of death from industrial disease during the recent inquest into the man’s death, explaining: “He [Garside] would have had decades of exposure to asbestos through his working life. He spent most of his working life in close proximity to it. I can conclude very safely that he died due to industrial disease.”

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