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The council of Europe  (Not to be confused with European Council or Council of the European Union[1].) . includes countries such as Russia and most of the former Eastern European block.  The deputy mayor of Frassineto, former Senator…

On february 28th many people of Andeva (french association) with the support of two delegation from Belgium (abeva) and Casale (Afeva) gathered in front of the Palais de justice of Paris demanding a fair process against asbestos industries. The french appeal court is examinating the position of nine people - many of them former Ceo of Asbestos companies. The court will decide wether there are evidences to open a process or not. We will wait with hope.…

A report published by the European Environmental Agency (EEA), ‘…

Further hearings will commence on February 14, 2013 in the case which has become known as the “Great Asbestos Trial.” Hundreds of pages of legal argument submitted to the Turin Court challenge first degree guilty verdicts handed down one year ago by a three-judge panel to defendants Stephan Schmidheiny (Switzerland) and Baron Louis de Cartier (Belgium). Neither one of the former asbestos executives, both of whom were convicted for their part in the causation of an Italian asbestos disaster,…

On June 28 2012, the Turin Public Prosecutor who pioneered this case – Raffaele Guariniello – announced that he

had appealed the judgment. Considering the crimes committed, 16 years in jail was an insufficient punishment. Guariniello is calling for the sentences to be increased to 20 years for both defendants. The public prosecutor’s office, he added, is now  investigating the deaths of 117 Italians who worked in the Swiss and German Eternit plants and as well as the asbestos deaths of…

The involvement of the Italian Government in the Turin proceedings has produced multiple benefits including pressure being exerted by Italian politicians on European Union officials to act on the European asbestos catastrophe. At a meeting in April 2012, the Italian Government called on EU Commissioner John Dalli to create an EU network of asbestos-related disease centres of excellence. See: Italian Government takes Asbestos Safety and Care Concerns to EU!…

Just weeks after the historic verdict in Turin, one of the world's leading asbestos lobbying groups closed down! On May 1, news was obtained which verified the fact that at the end of March 2012, the offices rented by the Chrysotile Institute in downtown Montreal had been vacated. Days later the Institute surrendered its charter to the Canadian Government and thereby signalled the end to nearly 30 years of asbestos lobbying. This is a historic event and one which is a huge victory for all…

We're glad to publish a news from Canda by Kathleen Ruff.

For 27 years, the federal government has financed the Chrysotile Institute (previously called the Asbestos Institute) and has given it over $20 million in funding. In…

We remind the reader that Mr. Schmidheiny had the chance to rebut the charges - for more than two years - directly in the trial but has always refused to appear before the courts of Turin.

Incomprehension at…

The verdict handed down on February 13, 2012 by the Turin court was a historic indictment of the behaviour of corporate executives who sanctioned the use of dangerous working parties in the pursuit of profit.

Stephan Schmidheiny and Jean-Louis de Cartier de Marchienne were found guilty of crimes which led to the asbestos-related deaths of thousands of Italians.

After waiting for over three decades to see justice done, the verdict – 16 years in jail and…

While waiting for the verdict, retired math and science teacher Giovanni Condolo, remembers a tour at the Ronzone plant where he was taking one of his classes from Ticineto on a school trip.



The story was posted on Facebook yesterday: ‘The managers welcomed us and took us round the facilities’.

Then they got annoyed when a girl asked them how many people who worked at Eternit ever reached retirement age. The teacher asked the girl why she was…

STEPHAN SCHMIDHEINY: Il “BILL GATES SVIZZERO” O “IL PADRINO” DELL’ASBESTO?

LA MIRABOLANTE STORIA DI UN UOMO D’AFFARI

Fernanda Giannasi[1]

Ecco come Stephan Schmidheiny, il miliardario svizzero erede dell’impero Eternit, si difende pubblicamente dall’accusa di aver permesso per quasi un secolo l’uso dell’amianto nelle imprese familiari sparse per il mondo. Lo…

            Decretada de Utilidade Pública Federal através da Portaria n.º 2.413 de 16 de dezembro de 2.005 do Ministério da Justiça, Secretaria Nacional de Justiça, Departamento de Justiça, Coordenação de Justiça, Títulos e Qualificação…

20 years of jail for the owners of Eternit

"Schmidheiny and de Cartier were aware of the dangers"

At the 50th hearing of the Eternit trial, the PP asked for a very heavy sentence for the company owners and top management ‘I have never witnessed…

“Eternit knew that asbestos was a deadly poison for its workers and the inhabitants of Casale”. The international lawyers joined into the plaintiff, give voice to the global tragedy of Eternit corporate crime.

Emmanuelle SCHOUTEN (Belgium): “De Cartier was not just an accountant” 

“The defence for De Cartier de Marchienne maintains that at the end of the 60s and the beginning of the 70s the dangers of asbestos…

The defendant's lawyers develop their strategy to downplay the asbestos death toll caused by the Eternit plants in Italy and to minimize the hazard of developing a mesothelioma or other asbestos related dieseases in the unlucky cities that hosted them. The assignment of challenging the tragic…