Posted on March 5, 2014 Saturday is the 106th Annual International Women's Day! Where: Everywhere! What: International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. Why: Suffragettes campaigned for women's right to vote. The word 'Suffragette' is derived from the word "suffrage" meaning the right to vote. [...]
Posted on March 4, 2014 Have you registered yet for ADAO’s 10th Anniversary Conference on April 4-6, 2014 in Washington, D.C.? We promise an extraordinary celebration of our first ten years that you won’t want to miss. Building on our tradition of videotaping all conference presentations, events, and exclusive interviews, we will be videotaping throughout the weekend creating a documentary of [...]
Posted on March 3, 2014 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. [...]
Posted on March 3, 2014 Dr. Richard Lemen, ADAO Science Advisory Co-Chair and Assistant Surgeon General (ret.) & RADM (ret.) USPHS "As Co-Chair of Science Advisory Board of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, I am pleased to share news from the recent German Cancer Congress I attended which was held 19-22 February in [...]
Posted on March 2 2014 Protecting Firefighters, in the US and the UK ADAO reported in October 2013 the findings from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) study of firefighters that showed a rate of mesothelioma two times higher than that of the general population. The NIOSH study was published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, studied cancer incidence among nearly [...]