We have been touched by asbestos in individual ways, yet we are joined together by a bond of community. As a testament to the strength of our global family, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is highlighting the courageous stories of our members with the “Share Your Story” feature on our website. This week, we [...]
Posted on May 6, 2015 We have been touched by asbestos in individual ways, yet we are joined together by a bond of community. As a testament to the strength of our global family, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is highlighting the courageous stories of our members with the “Share Your Story” feature on [...]
Posted on April 30, 2015 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is pleased to introduce our ADAO Florida Representative Ms. Vida Sheffield Hargrett! Vida won the title of Mrs. Florida in 2014 and has since used her new title to bring about asbestos awareness. Like so many others, Vida's family was also affected by asbestos [...]
Updated on May 15, 2015 BLOCKED for the 5th time - disappointing, but NOT surprising. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, The Russian Federation and Zimbabwe blocked the inclusion of Chrysotile Asbestos on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) List. Updated on May 13, 2015 Reprehensible: ASBESTOS EXPOSURE WILL CONTINUE Cuba, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, The Russian Federation, and Zimbabwe [...]
Posted April 30, 2015 Don't be Fooled - S. 697 is an Irreversible Rollback, not Reform. The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) continued to fight for real reform of the Toxic Substances Control ACT (TSCA) of 1976 in Washington, D.C. this week. We are deeply concerned and disappointed to report that the U.S. Senate Committee [...]