Jim Morris

Stories by Jim Morris

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.

Feb 13, 2012

Victims’ relatives stand in court in Turin, Italy, in 2009, at the opening of the trial of two businessmen accused of manslaughter in the asbestos-related deaths of some 3,000 workers and townspeople

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.

Jul 21, 2010

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.’”

Jul 21, 2010

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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.

Jul 21, 2010

Exporting an Epidemic

The human toll reaches millions as the asbestos industry expands worldwide.

Jul 21, 2010

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