ADAO 13th Annual International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference
“Where Knowledge and Action Unite”
April 7 – 9, 2017
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel
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Posted on January 1, 2017
2017 ADAO Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference Honorees:
Senator Jon Tester will be recognized with The Tribute of Hope Award for his steadfast commitment to awareness, prevention, and policy to eliminate asbestos-related diseases.
Dr. Raja Flores will be recognized with The Dr. Irving Selikoff Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of his tireless dedication to increasing awareness about asbestos to eliminate diseases and research that leads to a cure.
Dr. Marie-Claude Jaurand will be recognized with The Dr. Irving Selikoff Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of her tireless dedication to increasing awareness about asbestos to eliminate diseases and research that leads to a cure.
Dr. Bruce Robinson will be recognized with The Dr. Irving Selikoff Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of his tireless dedication to increasing awareness about asbestos to eliminate diseases and research that leads to a cure.
Associação Brasileira Dos Expostos Ao Amianto (ABREA) will be recognized with The Tribute of Unity Award for their relentless efforts, both nationally and internationally, to protect public health, ban asbestos, and increase public awareness about the danger of asbestos.
Safer Chemical, Health Families will be recognized with The Tribute of Inspiration Award for their unwavering commitment to protecting public health and our environment from toxic exposures.
Quincy Jones will be recognized with the Warren Zevon “Keep me in Your Heart” Tribute Award for using his comedic talent and story to raise awareness and action for mesothelioma and asbestos-caused diseases.
The Dioguardi Family will be recognized with the Alan Reinstein Award for their commitment to education, advocacy, and providing support to countless patients and families.
The Mattmuller Family will be recognized with the Alan Reinstein Award for their commitment to education, advocacy, and providing support to countless patients and families.
Andrew Schneider, legendary investigative journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, will be honored posthumously at ADAO’s 13th Annual Conference for the incredible body of work he contributed to the ban asbestos movement. His investigations into the disaster at Libby, Montana, will forever be considered one of the preeminent exposes on the murderous asbestos industry. He and his pen will be missed greatly by the ADAO community.
ADAO is the only U.S. nonprofit organizing annual conferences dedicated solely to preventing exposure and eliminating asbestos-caused diseases, and eagerly looks forward to seeing everyone in Washington, D.C. in April!
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