There is extremely important news coming from Brazilian regarding the global asbestos struggle. Beginning today, the widely read O Globo newspaper is running a four-part series on asbestos, which can be accessed from their website. The O Globo even offers easy built-in online translation and sharing features. Out of respect to O Globo, we ask that you [...]
Post May 12, 2012 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization would like to extend our condolences to the family of Donna Summer, on her untimely passing from lung cancer. Though the facts are unclear at this time about the exact cause of her non-smokers lung cancer, Summer was living in Manhattan at the time of the [...]
History is a great teacher to those who listen. This Tuesday, May 22, marks the 6-year anniversary of my late husband Alan’s death due to mesothelioma, a preventable asbestos-caused cancer. As I look back on this past decade since Alan was diagnosed, I am frustrated and pained by the lack of progress – both in prevention [...]
Recently, a mesothelioma patient and member of the ADAO community, Janelle, published a video on YouTube that documents her five-year mesothelioma cancer battle. The video also provides some great information about mesothelioma, and it has a great song to boot. We are so proud of Janelle, she is an amazing person, and her hard work [...]
ADAO’s 8th Asbestos Awareness Conference brought together some of the world’s greatest minds to discuss the impact of asbestos on public health, the environment, and the economy. To get an idea of the exceptional speakers we gathered this year, you can now watch a video presentation of U.S. Representative Steve Cohen accepting his “Tribute of Hope” [...]