“…This coupled with the spectacular Turin trial against some captains of industry who were sentenced for knowingly exposing their workforce for decades to the killing fibre and the alarming reports of annual death rates among teachers who were working in asbestos containing public schools. …”

“…Although there are several topical asbestos related incidents that could be used as an argument – an outburst of public anger after the 'discovery' of asbestos polluted social housing, the spectacular Turin trial against some captains of industry sentenced for knowingly exposing their workforce for decades to the killing fibre or the alarming reports of an annual death rate among teachers that are working in asbestos containing public schools – the driving thoughts behind this book are of a more pragmatic nature. …”

“…"On February 13, 2012, a Turin Court will announce the verdict in a criminal case brought by Italian prosecutors against former asbestos executives employed by the Swiss and Belgian Eternit Groups: Swiss billionaire Stephan Schmidheiny and Belgian Baron Louis de Cartier de Marchienne. …”