FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2011 Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Kicks off Global Asbestos Awareness Week ATLANTA, GA –  April 1, 2011 - The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), which combines education, advocacy, and community to provide a unified voice for asbestos victims, today announced Global Asbestos Awareness Week (GAAW), "E X P O S [...]

April 1st Every year in the United States, 10,000 people succumb to asbestos-related diseases including asbestosis, asbestos-related lung cancer, peritoneal mesothelioma, and the very aggressive pleural mesothelioma. Around the world, the WHO estimates 107,000 workers die annually from asbestos-related diseases. . Truly, asbestos-related diseases are a worldwide pandemic made all the more atrocious because the [...]

April 5th By Terry Lynch As Vice President and Health Hazard Administrator for the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, I am well aware of the devastation caused by asbestos exposure. Our members have seen the devastation that asbestos can wreak across generations, and our Union has witnessed the destruction caused [...]

April 6 By Guadalupe Aguilar Madrid, M.D., MSc, Ph.D. Mexico has long imported tons of asbestos, mostly from Canada, since the 1970s. In fact, much asbestos consumption has transitioned from the US to Mexico since that time. In 2001, more than 1880 firms were involved in the importation of asbestos into Mexico. This import of asbestos to Mexico [...]

April 3rd By Dr. Ken Takahashi Although studies have been done on the use of asbestos across nations, little is known about the global magnitude of mesothelioma; in particular, many developing countries, including some with extensive historical use of asbestos, do not report mesothelioma incidents. A particular study was conducted to estimate the global magnitude [...]