Berkeley scientist dies of asbestos-related mesothelioma

Jun 17, 2009

Mesothelioma has claimed the life of a Berkeley, Gloucestershire scientist who was exposed to asbestos as a laboratory scientist at the local nuclear power station, according to a coroner ruling. Roy Hancock, age 64, was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma in July 2008 and died eight weeks later. The coroner found he was likely exposed to asbestos while visiting boiler rooms at the Berkeley Power Station and in a building at the plant where he worked that has since had asbestos removed. According to the coroner, another source of exposure may have been the scientist’s work in designing and manufacturing small furnaces for research purposes. Additionally, Mr. Hancock may have also come into contact with asbestos while visiting power stations being decommissioned in Russia in the early 1990s. As a result, the coroner, who conducted an inquest of Mr. Hancock’s cause of death, recorded a verdict of the industrial disease mesothelioma.

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