Global Asbestos Awareness Week: EXPOSED – The Facts About Asbestos concluded this past Sunday after a hugely successful 7 days of global advocacy, education, and community building. Beginning on Sunday April 1st on the heels of the 8th Annual Asbestos Awareness Conference, GAAW started with a candle lighting ceremony to remember all those we have [...]
Posted in April 2012 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 “Share Your Story” feature on [...]
Today, on the last day of Global Asbestos Awareness Week, I want to step back and reflect on this amazing global week of awareness. The facts and the information are here on our website, thanks to the input from expert occupational safety and health, medical, and scientific contributors from around the world! Now, it is [...]
“If You Think it’s Asbestos, it Probably Is” by John Newquist In the 28 years that I’ve worked at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), it’s become very clear to me just how significant of a threat asbestos really is. While most Americans think the fiber is illegal, it frequently turns up in homes, [...]
Posted on April 10, 2012 A historic guilty verdict from the Eternit trial in February definitively reaffirms a century of scientific evidence that asbestos exposure is deadly. The precedent has been set: corporations involved in the production of asbestos will be held accountable for human, social, and environmental rights violations. The asbestos industry, like the [...]