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Anti-Asbestos Activists Seek Worldwide Ban
Asbestos, which can cause fatal illness, was banned in the European Union in 2005 but is still used in developing countries, activists said in Italy's northern city of Turin.
The meeting reiterated calls for the dangerous fibrous material to be banned across the world, and for an "end to impunity" for companies that use it.
"There is no reason asbestos should be used, it's beyond sense, it has killed people," said Sanjiv Pandita, among several dozen activists at the two-day event.
"This is just the greed of lobbies who want to earn money at the expense of people's lives," said Pandita, head of Ban Asbestos association's branch in Asia.
About 6,000 people have joined in the largest class action suit ever on asbestos contamination which opened in Turin in December.
The suit involves shareholders of a construction company accused of responsibility for the deaths of more than 2,000 Italians from asbestos-related diseases.
The Turin meeting, organised by Ban Asbestos, backed a push for an end to the "impunity of those responsible for the world catastrophe of asbestos," said Ban Asbestos France spokeswoman Annie Thebaud-Mony.
Asbestos use is "booming" in India, said Madhumita Dutta, a representative of Ban Asbestos India. "We import a lot from Russia and Canada and most is used housing material for poor people."
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