I was just alerted by a colleague at the World Health Organization (WHO) that about their six asbestos tweets posted today. Please share this blog and/or retweet the @WHO tweets directly from their Twitter page at https://twitter.com/WHO ADAO continues to use the WHO July 2010 Fact sheet N°343, "Asbestos: elimination of asbestos-related diseases," as a main resource for Congress and our international community goo.gl/dhjD0. [...]
ADAO has just returned from Washington, D.C. and we are proud to have brought our community’s voice to Congress. On Monday, July 23rd, we met with the offices of Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D –CA) and Senator Max Baucus (D –MT) to discuss the Safe Chemicals Act of 2012. This bill aims to give a greater amount [...]
The moment has finally come, the Safe Chemicals Act of 2012 (S.847) was voted out of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and now heads to the Senate floor for a vote! I am proud to say the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has joined the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families’ coalition in their goals [...]
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization is proud to share with our community “Ridin’ The Wind With Rob,” a 95-minute benefit ride, followed by a dinner and raffle organized by ADAO community member Jill Cagle in memory of her husband, Rob. Rob tragically lost his life to mesothelioma on September 11th, 2011 after a 6-year battle and numerous [...]
ADAO wants YOUR voices to be heard! Turn your anger into action: Tweet, Facebook post, or email your six-word quote about how asbestos or mesothelioma has impacted your life. ADAO will launch our seventh “six-word quote campaign,” in which we invite asbestos disease patients and their families to write succinct messages to congress about how [...]
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