Abstract
This article presents the story of “Salonit Anhovo”—an asbestos-cement factory in Slovenia that led to the banning of asbestos in Slovenia in 1996. Two different perspectives are presented: (i) the story of the company management which realized the risks of using asbestos and proposed its ban in Slovenia; and (ii) the story of the local NGO that first discovered the dangers of asbestos and began a long struggle to protect workers, community and the environment.
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