The family of a woman who died of an asbestos-related illness is seeking help from her former colleagues in their quest for justice. Former tobacco scientist Ivy Dash passed away in 2020 from mesothelioma, aged 94.
Previously independent, sociable and active, Ivy deteriorated quickly after the onset of the abdominal cancer, which is linked to asbestos exposure. It can take decades to manifest, with life expectancy generally limited to only a few short years once it does.
Ivy’s son Martin Dash told Bristol Live: “It’s an awful way to die, really terrible. Mum was becoming more and more unconscious as time went on. In the end they were taking a litre of brown-red fluid out of her lungs every day.
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