The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) welcomes you to our new “Light a Candle” community. As we honor our loved ones fighting asbestos-related diseases or in loving memory of those who have lost their courageous battles, there are few symbols that offer more comfort than a candle blazing in the dark. We invite you to [...]
The Lancet: "Canada accused of hypocrisy over asbestos exports" "Although Canada will not expose its own citizens to asbestos, its plans to continue exporting the deadly substance to developing countries has drawn widespread condemnation." Read Tony Kirby's December 11, 2010 full report online at The Lancet.
End Canadian Asbestos Exports to Asia "Asbestosis victims plan hunger strike" Former asbestos miners are silently speaking out to send Canada a powerful message: Stop mining and exporting asbestos to developing countries. We must encourage as many people as we can to “SPEAK FROM THE HEART” so that Canada’s Prime Minister Harper and the Canadian [...]
Take time and read Andrew Schneider’s powerful "A Killer in the Attic" four-part series on an asbestos-tainted insulation called Zonolite, a killer than lurks in the attics and walls of millions of homes." "A two-time Pulitzer winner, Andrew is an investigative reporter who uncovered the nation's largest environmental disaster, among dozens of other stories. He writes at [...]
We just returned home from the APHA 138th Annual Meeting & Exposition "Social Justice: A Public Health Imperative". Drs. Frank, Lemen, Castleman, Erzinger, and I had an incredible opportunity to present at the session entitled: "Disease Prevention and Social Justice: The Case of Asbestos” and Doug Larkin was terrific at navigating the social media. Upon [...]