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October is Health Literacy Month! Part Two: High Risk Occupations

Posted on October 14, 2013 Save a Life from Asbestos Exposure during Health Literacy Month It’s Health Literacy Month, and at the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) that means saving lives through raising awareness. Everyone should know the Irrefutable Facts about how to protect your loved ones from asbestos exposure because the only two ways to end asbestos-caused diseases are [...]

2019-08-03T11:30:05-07:00October 14th, 2013|

“Living with Emptiness” – Robert’s Story

Posted on October 11, 2013  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 [...]

2021-07-02T15:00:57-07:00October 11th, 2013|

NBC Oct. 6: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Deny and Delay Asbestos Claims

Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries deny, delay asbestos, hazard claims, suits, insiders allege  Posted on October 6, 2013 Tonight, October 6th, a Scripps National Investigation, Risky Business, will air on televisions and in newspapers nationwide. The story dives into allegations that Berkshire Hathway, an American multinational conglomerate holding company that’s part of Warren Buffett’s empire, has intentionally delayed or denied [...]

2019-08-03T11:30:06-07:00October 6th, 2013|

JUST RELEASED — 2013 ADAO Asbestos Awareness Conference Videos

JUST RELEASED -- 2013 ADAO Conference Videos  View and share the 2013 ADAO Asbestos Awareness Conference collection of speaker presentations, the awards ceremony, and remembrance brunch -- now on video! Special thanks to Herman Hamilton for overseeing this momentous YouTube effort. 9th Annual ADAO International Asbestos Awareness Conference, “The Asbestos Crisis: New Trends in Prevention and Treatment,” March 22 [...]

2019-08-03T11:30:06-07:00October 4th, 2013|

October is Health Literacy Month! Part One: Be a Health Literacy Hero

Posted on October 2, 2013 October is Health Literacy Month: Do you know the story of Clarence Borel? Borel testified that at the end of a day working with insulation material containing asbestos his clothes were usually so dusty he could "just barely pick them up without shaking them." Borel stated: "You just move them just [...]

2019-08-03T11:30:06-07:00October 2nd, 2013|
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