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© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

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Miteni factory closed after water pollution scandal but machinery and patents were bought and rebuilt by Indian company
The thick green jungle and rust-red hills of Lote, on India’s west coast, give way to a small hill where a factory looms against the sky.
The factory is almost brand new, but its machinery is not: it comes from the former Miteni factory in Vicenza, Italy. Miteni closed down in 2018 after one of the worst environmental scandals in the country’s recent history: after decades of producing Pfas forever chemicals, the company’s management was brought to trial for contaminating water resources in an area where 350,000 people live. In June, its former executives were found guilty at the Vicenza court of assizes of causing environmental pollution and other charges and given prison sentences, which they are expected to appeal against.
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© Photograph: Gianluca Liva

© Photograph: Gianluca Liva

© Photograph: Gianluca Liva



