Indians protest over ‘forever chemicals’ after relocation of scandal-hit Italian factory

Lack of Pfas regulations raised in parliament after Guardian revealed former Miteni plant bought by Indian company

Protests over the production of cancer-linked Pfas chemicals have spread across India, after an investigation revealed that an Italian factory shut down due to an environmental scandal was bought by an Indian company and partly rebuilt.

At the end of last year, the Guardian revealed that the former Miteni plant in Vicenza had been acquired by the Indian company Laxmi Organic Industries. The factory produced Pfas and was shut down in 2018 after being linked to one of Italy’s worst environmental contamination scandals.