In a case followed around the world, two former executives of a Swiss building-products conglomerate were convicted in Italy Monday of causing the asbestos-related deaths of more than 3,000 people. Each defendant — Swiss billionaire Stephan Schmidheiny, former owner of the Eternit conglomerate, and Belgian baron Louis de Cartier de Marchienne, a major shareholder in […]
Category: Dangers in the Dust
This award-winning 2010 investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the BBC’s International News Services offered an in-depth look at the global market for asbestos.
