The Times is having fun at California's expense--I get it.  Having lived on both coasts, I know the joy New Yorkers feel laughing at the west.  Your article focused on the geology of the state rock.  But it ignored the politics.  In 1965, Serpentine was chosen the state rock for one reason, according to the [...]

It is amazing how cloudy a simple issue can become when people with different agendas muck up the water. That’s what’s happening with the effort undertaken by Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), The John McNamara Foundation and the Pacific Heart, Lung and Blood Institute who asked California state legislators to symbolically remove Serpentine, the host [...]

Today, the Environmental Health Perspectives, a peer-review journal published by a division of the National Institute of Health, released the article “A Worn-Out Welcome: Renewed Call for a Global Ban on Asbestos” detailing the effects of asbestos worldwide and reiterating the deadly chrysotile cycle. The Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Public Health Association and the [...]

My family and I are encouraged to see our Californian State Senate and Assembly Committee on Natural Resources unanimously vote to pass SB 624 for final consideration.  ADAO Press Release. For the past five years my family has been dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers of asbestos and specifically its affect on [...]

On June 24th, public health advocates in nine countries participated in a global demonstration opposing the Quebec government's proposed funding of the Jeffrey Asbestos Mine. Canada already exports more than 200,000 tons of asbestos a year to developing nations, putting thousands of workers and their families at risk. More protests are scheduled for July 1st, [...]