My name is daniel lomborg im a filmmaker and does as being my most challenging personal film made me think that if there was its going to be does that affect both ways not just us best off a stump in india and possibly even south asia. The story of ordinary people fighting a Global Industry thats been getting away with mass murder i mean this 3 protected by powerful politicians and it all starts in my small village in belgium. I had a wonderful childhood this green paradise just opposite my home theres a big company. At dicks at an it. Thousands of people who work there. My father worked there too as a union man. I worked in the factory during the holidays so i could buy my 1st camera. Ethics at an it paid for houses food and my studies it brought a lot of prosperity to families in the region this was the unquestioned reality of my youd. One day more than 50 years later and in your lawyer comes to my village. Parents ethics entered into as a dark and Hidden History buried in india. You run a factory in another country and you dont tell these people that its unsafe you dont provide any of the Safety Equipment you dump asbestos like this and then you leave. As a huge rise in the use of asbestos in india and around 1980008 increases a lot softly and thats because between 1980 and around 2004 i think as best as they came back and then. In europe. It takes its own needs is a company that made us vestas products as best as is a mineral that can be mined by coal and you dont asbestos is made of fiber he says with one fiber of his bestest actually contains millions of small fibers which cannot be seen with a naked eye not even through an ordinary microscope. Only has come about. In the early fiftys as best as fiber mixed with cement was considered a miracle product that was meant to last for eternity. Level in hong kong we are fortunate in our industry in that its best us and cement constitute what i call a perfect match. Yeah i think. This miracle brother was used in the house schools public buildings. Even the European Commission building in brussels was a bag full of as best as products it became a booming business making the owners of it the exception it was the ensigns family one of the richest in belgium. In 1964 Scientific Research by american dr selek of proved that as best as was lethal. As a union man my father knew about the scientific proof he did his best to warn the workers but many of his colleagues became sick. Inhaling as best as fibers and causes bestows his lung cancer and measure tell your mom. Breathing in these fibers for even short periods of time can cause cancer the symptoms of this cancer can take many years to develop 15 years sometimes 30 to 40 years and there is no known cure. Why didnt my father warn me about the dangers. Why did he allow me to work in these deadly dust. Just before he died he even told me to leave the matter all on for him as best us was a thing of the past. I decided to ignore his last wish and proof that the company he worked for is part of a Worldwide Industry thats causing death and destruction to this day. According to the World Health Organization officially more entry on their 1000 citizens are expected to die from as a tell yo much by 2030 in the e. U. Eric is an activist who founded a big an organization for victims of us best of us by my dad was a technical engineer he started working at header net in 1953 he developed mesothelioma which was diagnosed in brussels and he died 6 months later in 1970 i mean it sort of was. So i had rock bottom ho. So one of my sons told me that then the doctor had told him that morning that evening he told me mom you have the same illness as dad. And i managed to. I couldnt believe it it was incredible. To have quite a few weeks after disinter view francoise boss the way. She left behind 5 sons eric is the eldest of. Eric and his family lived in the shadow of the factory also as in the 5 brothers they exposed because of as best as in the environment. For them it was your house far from the company. You know just across the road the factory entrance was 50 meters away. In a bathroom dish the beds then loaded came in 100 meters away or we would take the kids to watch a nice little book. Not only their experience but 2 of his brothers died of us best to. Sit there shocked for the moment each time we were just getting over our latest loss and bam more bad news hit us again so christmas is no longer the Family Gathering that it used to be and if its good for me good on the very. Fortunate died was refused compensation. And courageously started the lawsuit against a texas internet. Bully youngcare a family claims afternoon knew that his festus is dangerous and harmful to health but the companys lawyer says it and it did not know and was not at fault. If they did with the knowledge they had at that time ater never acted as could be expected from any normal Industrial Company in similar circumstances so they are not i fault folks. That exists in its policy has always been to minimize the dangers of us best. Know what you can eat our lungs were created by god to breathe in fresh air from the our dead it from the sea side but they werent created to breathe and dust big i mean us you know when you cut especially those that you get dust forming and that is definitely not a good thing because of however the research we are. Pat down at the university of leviathan proves that even at the moment of sawing hardly any as best as is released into the air and therefore the danger is almost 0. Manager from the 1st died of an as best as related disease. In 19761 that has became the president of the a i a. And lobbied hard to promote as best us. As best as in the environment is classified as an extremely low risk just like taking one beer per day. At takes that turn it flourished and soon became a Multinational Company with factories in the netherlands friends being italy all over europe. Many international as best as corporations who went bankrupt because of us best us victims lawsuits at exeter need to covert factories from troubled competitors and so they became a dominant world player. In 1981 in a meeting at 6 at an it had a new opportunity to benefit from. Fiber the mountain in developing countries is expected to continue to rise over the long term. Ethics internet soon acquired as best as factories in developing countries in Africa South America and asia and india it takes internet had 5 factories. One of these factories in kind more is well known to indian lawyer to brew. The factories have been opened up just to take advantage of that slowest so wonder why it why are you here so were trying to bring a case here in belgium ive been trying to see the options but you know ortiz of course a stream against its an order and court court case against. Etext the Parent Company saying that you knew very well when you were operating these factories that i spent elsewhere as a cost legend and yet you operate at these factories negligent all over a court case we were able to prove done since 963 did you so no way they can say when they were doing that in the ninetys until 2002 and they cannot say that now they have no look at it its everywhere. Whats happened is nothing less than corporate homicide. If you made a decision that has cost the lives of people then you should be held accountable for it in a criminal court. I wanted to see time more of myself but i was hesitating. Ive been exposed to his business my whole life like most of my village years my lungs are affected. And i think my father would have warned me. Not to go to india. And. Welcome to everything his face time. With with home all yes im a texas a very nice and writes in most of. The factory was built in the thirtys by an English Company at the exaggerated both the company in 89. 00 and named it everest. When as best as was banned in belgium in 98 at the exits are need kept as best as production going until 2002. Then they sold their business to an indian family. The current indian owners did not want us to film in the factory. So we can see better from the top. But local people took me into going to their rooftop which. Is of the multiplier. Effect does all the fuss about the cyclone and india. This brings also back memories you know its all very similar even the roof of the factory is very similar. So many people work in a factory now and all it is a. 250 people. And it runs 24 hours here create every day shifts night 3 i read it 7 of 7. Clearly see the sheets over there being piled up and theyll be taken himself and this factory is for the north so should be for sold anywhere in the north. Its best to think that all back to feed the famous men cheat. Which are the ones that use in india. He Sells Everything from soaks through toothpaste and sweets so he selling asbestos sheets with sweets. So what we know is that if i was a man and shapes off the sometimes thought to degrade we can even see its already in these new sheets yeah at the edge of it its already started degrading and and then the fibers will come out from not. If you go anywhere in india youll see 5 us men really think advertised as being a kind of strong Building Material that lasts for a long time but with a techie from the sun itll take you from the rain. Start to my ma you go to any indian city and see hundreds and hundreds of tonnes of asbestos. Since 997 when companies closed in the west the consumption of us best us products quadrupled in india. Moved to see it on a bird flu. For a while i was walking and the fact of it didnt get us to all that often up there dougal alters the war if. I had done that. It was billiards and this bag is one thing about his biggest one that i saw this work is from south africa. My father said sometimes it made me bother snowballs and yeah yeah yeah you do that this is these 2 boards in your veins. With everything honey i saw the end of the behind. The curtain and then you went home scratching its not that. This is my wife. So that a lot never met. In my life and i seriously you know you had me direct that is called if i left ok. Beaman if my mother lived in the shadow of the factory. The house is built by the factory for the workers are entirely constructed from us the best the sheets. The area they live on is known as the as best as compound. How you feel about living in this house im become heavy cheating yourself i. Wonder about this but just for wired the little bit there you have to pretend. That i let the judge i was very handy. I used to do you need a small attitude then and then they can go on i used to enjoy i did don there in the classroom and on the other side of the fence there is waste werent you worried about them you scored a vote on. 70 and every side then they dump the guy as whom is quite separate from them. Well lets look which anita i know nothing of because i never knew of on the home of does their status but do you know about me and jean and the children didnt know either nanda no one even the rich even that much less even on one i dont mind they would have not been fully willing to. Her im ready. I think. Obviously asbestos crisis in the soil goats crawling just business. This is the everest Industry School over there. Got 400 students with a get a queen. 8 and 14 her school with it as best as roof next to it there i go. You can see the fibers like these with these tiles breaking down. Not even any both of them saying no to the coming and going no warnings the building here and its just open like this you know. When you just start 9298. 9298 so thats ethics yeah big star yeah. But hes based in belgium and i got in touch with the canadian scientists and they get their survey they found that they were really takes a good cause its got meat as a. As best as waste 6 terry and there are 600000 i just yeah. Like just asbestos waste dump and in the end possibly even south asia. 600000 square meters is the equivalent of one on there done 20 football fields. People or that have been threatened and ready to start to bring you all just before dawn and load up. Grown older People Living on the streets. I was told one of them in the by you can see this if i were younger still. I cant just be on the go all the meaning of events i was stupid enough to get on with the only thing that made me mad unlike other mean visible to the world under your money or yes you are going to live and especially this is quite common in the muslim response we know of course yeah the art of nearly all of the gun not anyone in the government took on a lot of them arent going to let you know just the quality of his Due Diligence was just visiting the why are you unwilling to make your only point is that these are all true people react and i give the green but this land and you know theyre not telling about the waste and as a consequence of building i know im not im not they are out of this they for making this building theyre not aware of this fact. Heres the but as an International Activist eric has gone to crime or to a 2 group with his legal case against it takes it to me to be. Ok. I need to see how tough it is as being reproduced your goal to duplicate it looks like they did such a good job. Went out and the 4th the subsidiary from that the factory and im all in calcutta adam clymer its all on the korean modern shut down and they opened another one in nasik in 9595. 00. You are telling me that even though they knew dads as business was dangerous and they were going to stop you know forced to stop in belgium in 983 years before that deadline they opened up a new one then when they died they believe they say they have a thick skin then they thought that they could continue manufacturing asbestos knowing what they knew about the circumstances that a special spray can diseases in europe this is what what makes me mad and what makes me travel the world with the shelf. You have hospitals use how many percent is it going to lunch on monday and i know im shouting more but it is all right you know actually destroying deep underground because i read through all bloody. And i walk i go from the un to up to the time time. I become reduced. I know that. Well i. Did know that over. He should have 2. 8 thats 2 liters like it should be true but here we go to 1. 69 vs doing this practice i would give any man disability or 30 percent 30. Fiftys fiftys when he did these basics you seem to. Be also him or with his hands in raw is best and going to end up and put in machine. This iteration of working with raw as best as change when it thinks came was its the same. Thing one of them they provided us with helmets to protect our heads when the plane on the ok to the deck the herds do not forget all the gloves to protect their lungs they get no good habits. In a document of ethics at turn it of 81 be concrete it was important that the relevant homebase standards should be applied to subsidiaries. Yet we discover that the standards were never applied and the reason why they were never applied is also to be found in the same document is best as an health issue in most developing countries is not yet acute. I am the one that the body. Inspired by his father who organize similar makeshift medical centers to blue started working in india as a volunteer but looking at the length of time that theyre exposed to asbestos theyre only exposed to asbestos through their husbands clothes when no merik. We need to find out when they were married to see when they were exposed. To help the people of crime or in the surrounding area with their medical documents here and. From i was sorry its strange to see this logo here in india but if you leave off the everest you know its as if im back home to the us. To. The bus down the park about. Next. Year. Im a surgeon i mean i was an associate professor i was a lecturer in the department i dont need money from occupation medicine you can only earn money if you work for the company but if you work for the company you cannot diagnose occupational business so the only way you can do it if you dont want to work. I want to be you im suffering but i dont speak up in these otherwise ill lose my job i think you know i have young daughters and a son who is studying if i dont work of name how will we survive kind of gaza and. Theyre going to need a lot of the going in the other source of employment the even if they dont were going to die and there was never that i mean its like i lived their lives like them or im in their work in their work and they dont know what they were like media because they dont know money. So youre going to get disability impacts and they dont 60 percent 60. S in their voice loss of weight loss of every day and or eat going to agree probably has got to let it go considered as businesses he lives on the bubble of the moment there and he needs some proper treatment of standing actually for a medical doctor not to be able to leave him completely. It was made clear to me my wife is also something. I was not her. I want her to live with me for a. Part of their lives you have to face it. Everybody has to die. I mean those who not only did did did that feel also feels like everyone has this is what i would look like this is why i like. Father joseph youve been priests here for all of this you already did if you burials players illicitly one boy you just 39 years old from the night of the man. Who just died ya know go see up to. The fact this at the most i think youth thing they did not probably had a problem medical facility even for a daily tech up and the person who is going to wait is high density has to do as an orderly on 1011. 00 to me its night. And again there are no official scientific statistics in india. Conservative estimates are that a 100000. 00 people are affected by asbestos related diseases in indiana every mayor every year but go in and record it its already globally the largest. Occupational disease asbestos these globally and this is going to be replicated in this country its going to be going to be the sun they are not some nonsense say involved in that if not some. Other place but i put it as the only option. For. 600 people visited the makeshift medical center. The number of people diagnosed with those distortions this 125. For his lawsuit against antics entered it to write it on all of their testimonies. 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