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Help Annamarie Celebrate Her Two-Year Mesothelioma Surgiversary! 

 Posted on May 18, 2017   Today is my second surgiversary, and I’d love for you all to celebrate with me! Two years ago today, I underwent a Pleurectomy Decortication surgery that saved my life and many of you had to also endure with me. This time last year, I was feeling pretty great as a [...]

2019-08-03T11:26:17-07:00May 18th, 2017|

Latidos del corazón de la tragedia: El asbesto explicado en el nuevo PSA de ADAO y ‘The Animated Activist’, disponible en seis idiomas

To read our press release in English, click here.  Latidos del corazón de la tragedia: El asbesto explicado en el nuevo PSA de ADAO y 'The Animated Activist', disponible en seis idiomas Asbesto" El asesino usted no puede ver" Objetivos para difundir la conciencia sobre el asbesto a los jóvenes, las familias y los trabajadores [...]

2019-08-03T11:26:17-07:00May 16th, 2017|

Asbestos Action Alliance says Rotterdam Convention itself has failed miserably as chrysotile asbestos and three other chemicals blocked again from listing, continuing to put millions of workers at risk.

April 24, 2017 Press Release: Global Asbestos Action Alliance confronts global asbestos industry – Good CoP/ Bad CoP?  May 2, 2017 MEDIA EVENT NOTICE: Global petition demanding action on chrysotile and reform of the Rotterdam Convention to be handed to COP President Rotterdam Convention Tuesday 2nd May Global Asbestos Action Alliance Rotterdam Convention Media Kit MEDIA [...]

2019-08-03T11:26:19-07:00May 4th, 2017|

Top Ten Asbestos Facts (2018)

Posted on February 22, 2018 -- UPDATED ON AUGUST 2, 2018 Top Ten Asbestos Facts (2018)  Asbestos a known carcinogen that kills as estimated 40,000 Americans every year. All types of asbestos cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, cancer of the larynx and ovary, and asbestosis (fibrosis of the lungs). The United States is the last western industrial nation [...]

2019-08-03T11:26:19-07:00May 3rd, 2017|

ADAO Outraged that Six Countries Prevented the Inclusion of Chrysotile Asbestos in the UN Rotterdam Convention List of Hazardous Substances

April 24, 2017 Press Release: Global Asbestos Action Alliance confronts global asbestos industry – Good CoP/ Bad CoP?  May 2, 2017 MEDIA EVENT NOTICE: Global petition demanding action on chrysotile and reform of the Rotterdam Convention to be handed to COP President Rotterdam Convention Tuesday 2nd May Global Asbestos Action Alliance Rotterdam Convention Media Kit FOR [...]

2019-08-03T11:26:19-07:00May 3rd, 2017|
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