Moments of great emotion on Che tempo che fa, the program hosted by Fabio Fazio on Nove, when the journalist Franco Di Mare appeared on the connection. “This little tube that runs over my face is a little tube connected to an automatic respirator and it allows me to breathe forcedly, but it allows me to be here to tell stories, to talk to you”, began Di Mare who was hit by a serious illness. “I got mesothelioma, a very bad tumor, linked to the presence of asbestos in the air and you get it by breathing in parcels of asbestos, without realizing it”, said Di Mare who recounted the themes and contents of his book ” The words to say it” in which he also talks about the fight against cancer. The journalist explained that mesothelioma is linked to the breathing of asbestos microparticles, and the disease can manifest itself even after thirty years. The journalist explains that he “has no escape”, but that he has faith that scientific research will soon make progress for this insidious disease.
However, the interview with Fazio ends with a very strong controversy, which will cause discussion in the coming days. Di Mare states that after the diagnosis of the disease, they “disappeared” from Rai. “All of Rai, past and present managers” states the journalist, “there will be trade union or legal reasons. I wanted the service record, to know the places I have been” and understand where I may have been exposed to asbestos. “They’ve all disappeared”, says Di Mare who laments “the absence on a human level… Managers to whom I spoke informally have had their refusals over the phone. It’s repugnant”.
