A cycling enthusiast has died from cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, public liability insurance holders have been told.
The Rye and Battle Observer reported that Edward Seviour died last year at the age of 73, with an inquest at Eastbourne coroner's court confirming the cause of death.
Having been a dental technician all of his life and first entering a laboratory at the age of 13, it is believed that the equipment he worked with contained the deadly material.
Coroner Alan Craze said that the large number of asbestos fibres found in Mr Seviour's lungs were "evidence of much greater-than-average exposure during life".
The source reported that the coroner said: "I'm entirely satisfied in every respect that this death is due to industrial disease, caused by mesothelioma, 90 per cent of cases of which are caused by asbestos and exposure was while he was at work."
Recently the Health and Safety Executive urged public liability insurance holders to make a new year's resolution about protecting employees from substances like asbestos.