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ADAO Congressional Staff Briefing Experts Call for Urgent Action to Ban Asbestos

Posted July 31st The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) hosted its 18th Congressional Staff Briefing Luncheon on July 24 in Washington, DC. This significant event paid tribute to the memory of Mike Mattmuller, an extraordinary Mesothelioma Warrior who courageously battled the disease until April 2020. To learn more about Mike's unwavering tenacity and devotion to [...]

2023-07-31T13:10:14-07:00July 31st, 2023|

18th Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Congressional Staff Briefing Speaker Biographies (2023)

18th Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Congressional Staff Briefing Resources (July 2023) Posted on July 21, 2023   Raja Flores, MD, is the System Chair of  the Department of Thoracic Surgery at The Mount Sinai Health System and ADAO Science Advisory Board Co-Chair Member. Raja is a world renowned leader in the field of thoracic surgery, [...]

2023-07-28T13:07:18-07:00July 21st, 2023|

ADAO June 2023 Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act Meeting Executive Summary and Quotes

Posted on June 13. 2023 Executive Summary Quotes Pat Morrison, Chief of Field Services, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) According to the NIOSH Firefighter study, “Fire fighters have a rate of mesothelioma two times greater than the rate in the U.S. population as a whole.” Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH, American Public Health Association (APHA) [...]

2023-06-13T13:57:11-07:00June 13th, 2023|

Press Release: 19TH ANNUAL “GLOBAL ASBESTOS AWARENESS WEEK” APRIL 1-7, 2023 LAUNCHED BY ASBESTOS DISEASE AWARENESS ORGANIZATION

19TH ANNUAL “GLOBAL ASBESTOS AWARENESS WEEK” APRIL 1-7, 2023 LAUNCHED BY ASBESTOS DISEASE AWARENESS ORGANIZATION This is the 19th annual global week dedicated to education, awareness and prevention of asbestos exposure and asbestos-caused diseases Washington, DC — The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), an independent non-profit dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure and eliminating all asbestos-caused [...]

2023-03-31T14:43:21-07:00March 28th, 2023|

Guest Blog: “The silence of asbestos” by Silvana Mossano

On behalf of ADAO, we stand in solidarity with the Association of Asbestos Victims Families (AFeVA), the unions, victims organizations, and the Casale Monferrato community as they continue their fight for justice in the criminal trial of asbestos billionaire Stephan Schmidheiny.  He is charged with voluntary manslaughter with intent of causing the deaths of 392 [...]

2021-06-10T10:13:02-07:00June 8th, 2021|
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