📰 Press Release and 🎥 🇵🇹 Video Portuguese

Posted on March 30, 2026

DAY FIVE – April 5, 2026 | Unite Globally: Workers, Health, and Safety

Day Five marks a pivotal shift toward bold, united action. Today, we honor the legacy of Simon Pickvance (United Kingdom), a tireless advocate who dedicated his life to exposing the deadly risks of asbestos in the workplace.

Simon’s story, “The Man Who Exposed How Work Can Kill,” stands as both a searing indictment of industrial negligence and a powerful call for prevention and justice. Although asbestos has been banned in nearly 70 countries, it continues to be mined, used, and exported in others, placing workers and communities at ongoing and entirely preventable risk.

Simon’s mesothelioma diagnosis was not a tragic surprise but a foreseeable outcome of systemic failure. As Rory O’Neill of Hazards Magazine reflects:

“It wasn’t ironic; it was the inevitable consequence of the cynical promotion, marketing, and use of asbestos. Like a quarter of a million other asbestos-related deaths each year, Simon’s death was one more preventable tragedy.”

We are deeply grateful to Hazards Magazine for its fearless reporting and advocacy. Their work continues to illuminate the intersection of occupational health, corporate accountability, and social justice. Strong, ethical journalism builds awareness, pressures decision-makers to act, and honors the legacy of those we have lost, but will never forget.

Today, we also debut our 2026 Press Release and the 30-second PSA, “Amianto: O assassino que você não pode ver,” translated into Portuguese. These resources help reach new audiences and reinforce a critical truth: this crisis is far from over.

As we look ahead to Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28, we echo the enduring call:

“Mourn the Dead, and Fight Like Hell for the Living.”

DAY FIVE ACTION: Donate to ADAO to support prevention, education, and advocacy.

Linda Reinstein

Thank you to our 2026 Day Five Gold Sponsor: Motley Rice LLC.

📅 Check back tomorrow for 💻 Day Six: Empower Prevention: Technology for Global Access. We’ll feature Sara’s story: “Someone Pulled the Emergency Brake!”

Let Day Five renew our shared commitment: ban asbestos, protect workers, and ensure future generations never pay the price of industry’s past mistakes.