"Legal battles have played a key role in securing an asbestos ban in Italy. Behind each of these battles is a human community. In the region of Piedmont, the town of Casale Monferrato, which has suffered more than 3 000 deaths from asbestos exposure, symbolises the collective struggle against this killer mineral, and has demonstrated its resilience in a long series of trials against the management of the multinational company Eternit."

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