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Pizarreño Asbestos Disaster
200px, Tomb of Eduardo Miño who committed suicide in 2001 in protests to government neglect of Pizarreño's asbestos victims. The Pizarreño asbestos disaster is an ongoing health disaster in Chile. Despite the company Pizarreño ceasing to use asbestos in 1998 and the prohibition of asbestos in 2001, its effects continue to be felt. From 1935 to 1998 the company Pizarreño contaminated its neighborhood and its workers' homes with asbestos while producing toxic building materials. The company's eponymous asbestos boards are the most notorious asbestos-rich material the company produced. In 1951 the Pizarreño moved its manufacture plant to Maipú near the road to Melipilla in the western periphery of Santiago. In Maipú, the company built Villa Pizarreño in the 1950s, a house complex next to the factory for its workers. Pizarreño's workers had to wash their clothes at home, contributing to the spread of asbestos and further exposing their relatives to the mineral. This situ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepultura Eduardo Miño 01
Sepultura (, "grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17. is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera,Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 16. the band was a major force in the groove metal, thrash metal and death metal genres during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments drawing influence from alternative metal, world music, nu metal, Dimery 2006 pg 782, "''Drawing on Brazilian Latin and tribal music, nu-metal, and Sepultura's own thrash/death style, the results were unique,''" hardcore punk, and industrial metal. Archived aSepultura.be Sepultura has also been credited as one of the second wave of thrash metal acts from the late 1980s to early-to-mid-1990s. The band has had several lineup changes throughout its existence, with Max and Igor Cavalera departing in 1996 and 2006, respectively. Sepultura's current lineup consists of vocalist Derrick Green (who replaced Max in 1997), guitarist Andreas Kisser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Sohr
Raúl Sohr (born May 13, 1947, in Temuco) is a Chilean journalist, sociologist and international relations analyst. He studied Universidad de Chile, University of Paris, and earned a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. At present he works at CNN Chile. He reported on the Falklands War in 1982. In the 1990s Sohr investigated the Pizarreño asbestos disaster while working for Televisión Nacional de Chile. According to ADN Radio Sohr's analyses were in heavy demand among social media users when the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ... begun. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sohr, Raul 1947 births People from Temuco Chilean television journalists Chilean sociologists Living people Chilean political commentators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
