Posted on June 20, 2011 It feels like yesterday when I attended my first Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma in 2004, as I was seeking medical information for my husband, Alan. Alone, isolated and in pain, I joined others who understood. There was an unspoken language between us and immeasurable compassion. [...]
The Globe and Mail: June 20, 2011, “Asbestos should be listed in Rotterdam Convention as potentially harmful.” Retired Canadian Parliament Member, and Minister of Agriculture, Chuck Strahl has issued a supportive statement about including chrysotile asbestos on the United Nations Rotterdam Convention’s prior informed consent (PIC) list. This would require countries importing chrysotile to be [...]
Posted in June 2011 We have been touched by asbestos in individual ways, yet we are joined together by a common bond of community. As a testament to the strength of our global family, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is highlighting the courageous stories of our members with the new "Share Your Story" feature [...]
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has joined more than two hundred environmental and health groups, labor unions, asbestos victims’ organizations, and scientists from around the world to urge Prime Minister Harper to support the listing of Chrysotile asbestos on the United Nations Rotterdam Convention’s “prior informed consent” (PIC) list. On June 20, 2011, the [...]
ILO issues landmark decision on Asbestos: Review of laws & regulations necessary sent by Lucien Royer Saturday June 11, 2011 – Geneva Switzerland In its conclusions about a case on Canadian asbestos launched by Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) the International Labour Organisation (ILO) today issued a landmark decision that could create ripple effects on global [...]
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