Posted on May 6, 2013 “Stop the Killings: Add Chrysotile Asbestos to the PIC List Now!” reads ADAO’s banner to be carried in a May 7 demonstration at the Rotterdam Convention in Geneva, Switzerland. PIC stands for Prior Informed Consent, meaning simply that if a toxic chemical or mineral like asbestos is going to be [...]
Ellen Patton (center) at the April 29th town hall meeting with her niece Allison and her nephew Michael Posted on May 2, 2013 April 26: Press Release: ADAO Presents to the Community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn in New York Calling for Safe Asbestos Abatement at Domino Sugar Refinery April 25: Williamsburg Community and ADAO: Demanding Truth, [...]
ADAO BLOGS "New Video from the Chrysotile Association: “Классный фильм! Grande film! People for Chrysotile!” Posted on April 30, 2013 Unbelievable! The Chrysotile Association Declares April 16 as Chrysotile Protection Day Posted on April 15, 2013 Behind the Lines: Asbestos industry workers will hold an international rally from Russia to Kazakhstan Posted on April 14, 2013 Irrefutable facts [...]
April 30, 2013 Dear Parties to the Rotterdam Convention: We call on every country attending the 6th Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention to support putting chrysotile asbestos on the Convention’s list of hazardous substances, as the Convention’s expert scientific body (the Chemical Review Committee) is, for the fourth time, recommending. Chrysotile asbestos [...]
Posted on April 27, 2013 “Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living.” That chilling call to action is from Hazards.org, encouraging us to observe Workers Memorial Day on Sunday, April 28. Visit the Hazard website and click on their interactive map to find events around the world organized to remember the hundreds of [...]