Dr. Ian Campbell, Apothecary to the Royal Household at Sandringham for 15 years, has quit his job since being diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma, a cancer that attacks the lining around the lungs. He attributes his disease to his work for a pharmaceutical company 40 years ago, where he was exposed to asbestos. In his teens and early 20s, Dr. Campbell worked at a pharmaceutical plant where he polished, shaped and drilled an asbestos-containing plastic.
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