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Billy Gaddi

Scots widow can tell when people are dying of asbestos related cancer after husband's death

The widow of a welder from Dumbarton who died of asbestos-related cancer said she is able to tell when people are dying of mesothelioma just by looking at them - as a new book is released detailing personal stories of victims of asbestos.

Usually lethal shortly after symptoms appear, mesothelioma is a type of cancer that takes several years to develop when asbestos fibres are inhaled.

William Baird, a Clydeside welder from Dumbarton, died in September 1996 after being diagnosed with the cancer.

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