The family of a grandfather who died suddenly due to asbestos exposure have warned how quickly the disease can take hold.
Martin Seex, 62, of Silver Street, Witham, died on November 4 last year from mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer associated with exposure to asbestos.
Mr Seex had worked for Walter Reynolds Engineers for over thirty years.
During his five-year apprenticeship, which started when after he left school in 1965, Mr Seex worked in a factory with an asbestos roof.
Read more in this week's Witham and Braintree Times.
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