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:: Saturday, March 06, 2004 ::
Asbestos Companies Gag, Threaten Workplace Health Activist posted by Jordan Barab, Confined Space
Join the Campaign to Help Fernanda Giannasi
Fernanda Giannasi has been a Labor Inspector in Sao Paulo State for more than 20 years. She is a founding member of ABREA, the Association of Asbestos-Exposed Workers in Brazil, a member of the prestigious Collegium Ramazzini and received the International Award from the Occupational Safety and Health Section of the American Public Health Association in 1999.
Her crime: helping asbestos workers protect themselves, get information, get medical checks and learn about the deaths of their co-workers from asbestos-related disease. For this, she has earned the wrath of the multinational asbestos industry.
Brazil is now the fifth largest producer in the world. But unlike Canada, for example, which exports 98% of its asbestos, 70% of Brazilian asbestos is used on the national market. Of those 70 - 90% goes to the building industry. Over half the production is controlled by two companies, Saint Gobain (French) and Eternit (Swiss), both of whom would face charges if they were to take their Brazilian operations home.------------------------------------------- posted 8:38 AM :: reference link ::
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