Posted on December 31, 2021
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is honored to be presenting for the fourth consecutive year at Less Cancer’s National Cancer Prevention workshop virtually on February 2-4th, 2022. ADAO and Less Cancer have been partnering and collaborating on prevention for nearly a decade.
During the workshop, hundreds of advocates, including lawmakers, health care providers, researchers, passionate students from a range of disciplines, and other Less Cancer supporters will gather virtually for a weekend of prevention and policy efforts. I’m excited to join change makers and leaders at the Workshop. In 2019, Miles O’Brien, Less Cancer Board Member, produced an incredible segment aired on PBS Newshour entitled, The stunning truth about asbestos use in the U.S., which examined why the U.S. still imports the known carcinogen.
“While this year has proven to have some extreme hurdles to overcome, we possibly have our most interesting workshop,” said Less Cancer Founder Bill Couzens. “With approximately 70 presenters including physicians, nurses, scientists and public health professionals, we also have a wide range of legislators, advocates and educators. I am proud of how in these times we have continued to keep the workshop bipartisan with a focus not on politics but rather cancer prevention.”
The National Cancer Prevention Workshop typically is an event on Capitol Hill on National Cancer Prevention Day that educates students, legislators, and provides continuing education credits for physicians, nurses and public health professionals; however, the 2022 event will be virtual and live streamed on the Less Cancer Facebook page.
Less Cancer was founded by Bill Couzens, who is still the president of the organization. Typically, the event is held in the U.S. House of Representatives; however, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Less Cancer’s workshop will be live-streamed to tens of thousands of people around the world. The event first began in 2013, after a U.S. House of Representatives resolution was introduced by Representative Steve Israel, then Co-Chair of the House Cancer Caucus. The day is now observed annually to highlight Congressional and other efforts to end cancer through prevention and awareness. As we at ADAO know all too well, while promising research continues, prevention remains the only cure for asbestos-caused cancers.
Learn more about Less Cancer’s important work and see the schedule for the whole weekend here. After Feb. 4, the workshop will be available on YouTube and Coursera.
Together we can work towards our goal to prevent and end all asbestos-caused cancers.
Linda Reinstein