Posted on October 15, 2012 3-Part Blog Series about Health Literacy Part One: How Can You Prevent Home, School, and Workplace Asbestos Exposure? (Oct 8) Part Two: What Are the High-Risk Occupations for Asbestos Exposure? (Oct 15) Part Three: What Are the Early Warning Symptoms of Asbestos Disease? (Oct 22) According to the U.S. Department of Health and [...]
October 11th Pre-Conference Meeting Posted on October 11, 2012 ADAO is in France! It is easy to forget my jetlag today, because I am surrounded by people from all over the world who have dedicated their lives to helping people impacted by asbestos disease. Tonight, I was thrilled to join 30 speakers and volunteers [...]
Posted in October 2012 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 [...]
Posted on October 8, 2012 Preventing asbestos exposure (Oct 8) High-risk occupations (Oct 15) Early warning symptoms of asbestos disease (Oct 22) According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, nearly 9 out of 10 adults have difficulty using the everyday health information that is routinely available to them. To address this problem, October is Health Literacy Month. In [...]
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has changed our 2013 Asbestos Awareness Conference hotel to the Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. For nine years, ADAO has been dedicated to public health and and workers’ safety and today is no different. Based on the recently confirmed fact that the Hyatt Regency Crystal City [...]