ADAO Share Your Story Collection Posted on May 25, 2017 On the first Sunday in June each year, cancer survivors around the world unite to show the world how life after cancer looks! June 4 marks the 30th Annual National Cancer Survivors Day (NCSD) which provides survivors a wonderful opportunity for cancer survivors to connect with other [...]
EVENT PHOTOS Posted on May 25, 2017 | Updated on June 20, 2017 The third iteration of Earl Dotter's groundbreaking photojournalism series “Badges: A Memorial Tribute to Asbestos Workers," which celebrates the 2016 passage of TSCA reform, will be on display at Drexel University from June 29 - September 1. The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has been [...]
Posted on May 24, 2017 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is proud to sponsor an upcoming march in Swaziland against the reopening of a notorious asbestos mine. UK-based activist David Muchingami of the Zimbabwe Asbestos Disease Awareness Foundation says two-day march beginning June 3 is meant to protest the mine's reopening, discourage people from seeking employment [...]
Posted on May 22, 2017 As anti-asbestos advocates, we're constantly fighting an uphill battle against powerful industries with pockets deep enough to shape the opinions of the public — and lawmakers — through fierce lobbying and clever PR campaigns. Our strongest ally through this fight has time and time again been journalists of integrity. [...]
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 [...]