Global Asbestos and Mesothelioma Calendar
Updated on September 1, 2020
August 1 – September 4, 2020: Global action to urge J&J to remove asbestos-contaminated talc baby powder from consumer shelves internationally
September: Mesothelioma Awareness Month
September 16 – 18, 2020: Environmental Information Association (EIA) Conference & Exhibition (virtually)
September 26, 2020: Mesothelioma Awareness Day
September 26, 2020: Senator Dick Durbin Flies a Flag over the Capitol for Mesothelioma Awareness Day
September 26 – October 2, 2020: 12th Miles for Meso Walk/Run, Alton, Illinois
September 26 – October 2, 2020: ADAO Ban Asbestos Team 12th Miles for Meso Walk/Run
October 2020: Health Literacy Month
October 24, 2020: Judd Apatow Record Store Day Honoring Warren Zevon
November 2020: Lung Cancer Awareness Month
November 2020: Family Caregiver Month
November 2020: American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Exposition Meeting
November 2020 Asbestos Safety and Eradication Summit
November 2020: National Asbestos Awareness Week November, Australia
December 1, 2020 Giving Tuesday
December 1 – 31, 2020: End-of-Year Donation Drive
December 2020: National COSH Conference, Baltimore, Maryland
December 28, 2020: Candle Lighting in Loving Memory of Mesothelioma Warriors
January 4, 2021: Candle Lighting in Honor and Support of Mesothelioma Warriors
January 2021: The British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG),
February 4, 2021: World Cancer Day
February 5, 2021: Less Cancer’s National Cancer Prevention Day
June 2021: Men’s Health/Cancer Awareness Month
June 2021: 34th Annual National Cancer Survivors Day
June 2021: UN World Environment Day
June 6, 2021: Janelle Bedel’s Wonder Woman Day in Rushville, IN
TBD 2020: Professional Abatement Contractors of New York (PACNY) Annual Conference in Syracuse, NY
September 2021 IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer
September 2021: IOSH 2021 Conference
February 2021: National Cancer Prevention Month
February 29, 2021: Rare Disease Day (NORD)
March 8, 2021: International Women’s Day
March 28-April 1, 2021: Environmental Information Association National Conference and Exhibition, Seattle, WA
April 1-7, 2021: Global Asbestos Awareness Week
April 6-12, 2021: American Public Health Association (APHA) National Public Health Week
April: Healthy Schools Day
April 7, 2021:World Health Day
April 28, 2021: International Workers Memorial Day
April 2021: Global Health & Innovation Conference
May 2021: National Cancer Research Month
May 2021: National Nurses Week
May 2021: National Women’s Health Week
May 2021: International Clinical Trials Day (ICTD); Paris, France
June 2021: — SHExpo in London, United Kingdom
June 2021: — American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition (AIHce) in Atlanta, Georgia
July 2021: Action Mesothelioma Day, United Kingdom
August 1, 2021: World Lung Cancer Day