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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|

ADAO Supports AFEVA’s Plea to Yale University to Revoke Schmidheiny’s Honorary Doctorate

Corporate Crime Reporter: Italian Asbestos Victims Call on Yale To Revoke Honorary Degree to Schmidheiny @CorpCrimeReport The Courant: Asbestos Victims Ask Yale To Revoke Honorary Degree Of Former Factory Owner  @hartfordcourant Yale Daily News: A Toxic Legacy @yaledailynews Posted on September 30, 2013 An Italian asbestos victims’ group, Associazione Famigliari Vittime Amianto (AFeVA) has sent a [...]

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

“Strength and Honor” – Dave’s Story

Posted on September 19, 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 [...]

2021-07-02T14:38:06-07:00September 28th, 2013|
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