BLADDER cancer linked to the inhalation of a toxic substance lead to the death of a Seend woman, an inquest heard.
Olive Barrett, 82, died on Christmas Day. Although the cause of death was bronchial pneumonia it was linked to cancer.
Working at Avon Rubber in Melksham during the 1940s, Mrs Barrett came in contact with the substance beta-naphthylamine, which is now known to cause the disease.
The Bath Road firm ensured workers did not come in contact with the substance as soon as it was deemed unsafe in the late 1940s.
Recording a verdict of industrial disease, assistant deputy coroner for Wiltshire, Richard van Oppen said: "We know the cause of death and how such cancer can be acquired all be it over a long incubation period.
"During the 1940s she was exposed to a carcinogenic substance and I'm satisfied there is a link and she died from bladder cancer as a consequence."
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