Activist asbestos inspector faces threats, industry backlash

By Jim Morris and Marcelo Soares

Official endures threats, ostracism – and now a lawsuit for activism

Excerpts from this story referencing "Eternit":

"… ).In an interview with ICIJ, Elio Antonio Martins, CEO of SAMA’s parent, Eternit S.A., said Giannasi “can’t be one day an activist and another day insp …"

"… vists also were mentioned in the ICIJ stories.Although the letter mentions Eternit, the company in a statement denied knowledge of it. Eternit “acts with f …"

"… etter mentions Eternit, the company in a statement denied knowledge of it. Eternit “acts with full transparency” in arguing for the continued, controlled …"

"… — the type mined in Brazil — the company  said, insisting that “Eternit doesn’t need subterfuges like anonymous letters to express its opinion a …"

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

Excerpts from this story referencing "Eternit":

"… intersection of Avenida MariaCampos and Avenida dos Autonomistas. Here the Eternit asbestos cement factory was shuttered in 1993 and demolished in 1995 after …"

"… idn’t protect my husband,” his widow, Giselia Gomes Vincentin, says of Eternit. “I think many people will still die.”Backed by a global network of tr …"

The Brockovich of Brazil

By Jim Morris

Fernanda Giannasi fights a potent asbestos industry

Excerpts from this story referencing "Eternit":

"… sbestos cement factory for 54 years.The factory, owned by a company called Eternit, opened in 1939 and was, for most of its existence, thick with asbestos fi …"

"… protection of the environment and [providing of] information to society.”Eternit and “the Bill Gates of Switzerland”When ABREA was formed in 1995, it h …"

"… When ABREA was formed in 1995, it had about 470 members, mostly from the Eternit plant in Osasco. “At least 30 percent have died in the last 14 years,” …"

"… criminal trial in Turin, Italy, where two former shareholders in the Swiss Eternit Group — including onetime chairman Stephan Schmidheiny, a philanthropist …"

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Asbestos deaths bring 16-year sentence

By Jim Morris

In a case followed around the world, two former business executives were convicted in Italy of manslaughter in 3,000 deaths

Excerpts from this story referencing "Eternit":

"… h defendant — Swiss billionaire Stephan Schmidheiny, former owner of the Eternit conglomerate, and Belgian baron Louis de Cartier de Marchienne, a major sh …"

"… on, a victims’ advocacy group in California, said in a statement, “The Eternit case sent a signal around the world today. It is criminal to knowingly and …"

"… incomprehensible” and said that Schmidheiny’s lawyers plan to appeal. Eternit made “substantial investments” in worker safety and modernization of t …"

"… o fuel entrepreneurship among the poor in Latin America.The Italian arm of Eternit went bankrupt in 1986. Italy banned asbestos six years later.Yet the compa …"