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TOM BENNETT

Senior Journalist, BBC News













The posessions of Francisco Lirio Batista, a former Eternit worker who died of Mesothelioma earlier this year. A SAMA employee attaches signage to a shipment of asbestos outside the SAMA mine in Minacu. A child cycles along the road reserved for trucks carrying asbestos, outside SAMA's Cana Brava mine in Minacu. A couple walk through Minacu at dusk. Helio Almeida was diagnosed with Mesothelioma earlier this year. He worked for Eternit for 7 years. A rock containing Chrysotile asbestos. Children run through Minaçu. In last years election, Minacu voted 54% for Bolsonaro, 46% for Lula. A man rides through Minaçu. The entrance to SAMA's Asbestos mine in Minacu - the third largest in the world. The entrance to the reesidential area that houses SAMA workers, located directly outside the mine. "Asbestos Avenue", Minacu. A meeting at ABREA, the Brazilian association of victims of asbestos. ABREA currently have an active lawsuit against SAMA. A rock of Chrysotile Asbestos.