Overview
- Marie Pickup, 68, was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma after a routine chest X-ray revealed abnormalities in her abdomen.
- She believes she suffered secondary asbestos exposure from dust on her brother's work clothes when he was a joiner for Blackburn Corporation between 1980 and 1985.
- Her legal team is appealing for former workers or witnesses with knowledge of refurbishment of council-owned deck-access flats, including the Delph Estate, to share information.
- Solicitor Helen Tomlin says cases like this highlight the risk to family members from asbestos fibers brought home from workplaces years earlier.
- Marie, who was known as Marie Halliwell in the 1980s, says the illness has curtailed activities she loved, including gardening and time on her narrowboat.