Posted on August 31, 2018 September is a big month for the ADAO community. Throughout the month, we honor Mesothelioma Awareness Month with a number of events and actions from the Miles for Meso Race to our #EndMeso Twitter Chat to our 13th Congressional Staff Briefing. We encourage you to get involved this month to [...]
Posted on August 31, 2018 La Universidad de Rosario en Colombia, Anfitrión Asbestos: ¿un Asesino Silencioso?, un Seminario para Debatir Sobre los Peligros, las Controversias y el Activismo Nacional e Internacional No Borders -- No Boundaries. ADAO’s first visit to Colombia to Participate in "Asbestos: A Silent Killer?” Conference at the University Del Rosario ADAO [...]
Posted September August 31, 2018 For the second year in a row, an American flag will fly atop the U.S. Capitol building on September 26th in honor and remembrance of asbestos victims for Mesothelioma Awareness Day. Thank you to Senator Durbin for making this happen a second time. Washington, D.C. has played an historic and [...]
Posted on August 30, 2018 ADAO is profoundly saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. David Sugarbaker, World Renowned Thoracic Surgeon, and Mesothelioma Researcher. Dr. Sugarbaker was more than a gifted thoracic surgeon and researcher, he was a friend. For 26 years, Sugarbaker practiced at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and built the International [...]
Posted on August 27, 2018 Earl Dotter, occupational photojournalist and member of the ADAO family, is releasing a new book with a companion photo exhibit called LIFE'S WORK, A Fifty Year Photographic Chronicle of Working in the U.S.A. The book launch/exhibit event will take place on Thursday, September 13th at the AFL-CIO Headquarters, 815 16th [...]