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Fernanda Giannasi: battling asbestos in Brazil
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D F Salerno
Pfizer Global Research and Development–Michigan Laboratories, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA; deborah.salerno@pfizer.com
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Fernanda Giannasi (1958–) is a symbol of the struggle to ban asbestos in Brazil. As Labour Inspector for the Ministry of Labor since 1983, Giannasi defends the public interest as regards worker safety and health. Although Brazil still uses asbestos, it has been banned in more than 40 countries, including the European Union members. Asbestos is used in the production of roofing, water tanks and brake pads, and 3000 other products. It can cause severe respiratory disease and cancer.
Giannasi is a founding member of Associação Brasileira dos Expostos ao Amianto (ABREA), the association of asbestos-exposed workers in Brazil, and coordinator in Latin America of the Citizens’ Virtual Network Against Asbestos. She leads the struggle of 3500 workers who have filed lawsuits against the industry. Criminal charges driven by economic interests have been filed against Giannasi for slander by Eternit, the biggest asbestos producer in Brazil, and by supporters of
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