Dust: The Great Asbestos Trial-Special Worldwide Screening On Workers Memorial Day April 2

Dust: The Great Asbestos Trial-Special Worldwide Screening On Workers Memorial Day April 28, 2012
About Dust: The Great Asbestos Trial
DUST
Written and Directed by: Niccolo Bruna & Andrea Prandstralle Producer: Enrica Capra
Produced by: GraffitiDoc Produced by: GraffitiDoc
Co-Produced by: RTSI-Pacte Audiovisuel Suisse
After years of preliminary investigations by Raffaele Guariniello, the
“iron prosecuting attorney,” the first great criminal trial against the
“Lords of Asbestos” opened in Turin in 2009 and ended with a
16-year prison sentence on February 13th, 2012. All international
trials related to asbestos so far had been civil proceedings aimed
at awarding refunds to the victims or bringing down the local executives
of the companies. The trial of Turin is the biggest environmental
case in Europe, with more than 6000 victims in the plaintiff. Stephan
Schmidheiny and Louis Cartier de Marchienne were convicted of “causing
a continuing disaster in health and environment” and “willfully neglecting
safety regulations in the workplace". The film explores the current
situation of India and Brazil in the light of the tragic trail of deaths
provoked by asbestos in Italy in the past.
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