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Wellington man Robin McKenzie, seen in hospital with his wife Shirley in 1990, was exposed to asbestos while working as an electrical engineer on power stations in the 1950s. Later he developed mesothelioma, a form of cancer caused by breathing in asbestos fibres, and died in 1994.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP/1990/1381/13-F
by Mark Round
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