Asbestos deaths bring 16-year sentence
Two former executives of a Swiss building-products conglomerate were convicted in Italy in February of causing the asbestos-related deaths of more than 3,000 people.
Jim Morris
Top asbestos user China faces epidemic of cancer
For China, it seems, the worst is yet to come. Jukka Takala, director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, says that the annual death toll from mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other asbestos-related diseases in China may reach 15,000 by 2035.
The Brockovich of Brazil
Inching along at rush hour in her battered black Chevrolet Corsa, Fernanda Giannasi joked about the pariah status she’s attained with the Brazilian asbestos industry. “I have no name,” she said. “I’m just ‘That woman.’”
America’s toxic legacy may leave behind a half-million deaths
The first sign of trouble came as Bill Rogers was mowing his lawn one morning in January 2007. “As I would go back and forth with the mower, I would run out of air,” says Rogers, 67.
Exporting an Epidemic
The human toll reaches millions as the asbestos industry expands worldwide.
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