In addition, ADAO hosted a screening of the documentary “Dust: The Great Asbestos Trial,” by Niccoló Bruna at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. This documentary focused on the Eternit trial in Italy, where Stephan Schmidheiny and Baron Cartier de Marchienne were both found guilty for their roles in the deaths of thousands through the asbestos manufactured in their plants. As the week rolled on, Day 5 brought information about the “Hidden Killer Campaign” by the Health and Safety Executive, aiming to spread awareness about asbestos. Day 6 featured great resources from John Newquist of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) “If You Think its Asbestos, it Probably is” as well as new content from ADAO on the Eternit trial, “Convicted! Eternit Asbestos Criminals Update.” As the week concluded with another candle lighting to honor the memory of those lost, we were again reminded of how we can come together as a community to put a stop to asbestos by Linda Reinstein.
Global Asbestos Awareness Week was such a tremendous success and the amount of increased traffic to ADAO’s social networks, as well as our partners around the world, shows that our message is not falling on deaf ears. We look forward to sharing new and exciting content with you all next year, but not as much as we look forward to ending asbestos use around the world.
Lastly, ADAO would like to thank all of our partners once again for their help throughout the week, the British Lung Foundation, the Health and Safety Executive, the Collegium Ramazinni, Dr. Richard Lemen, Dr. Arthur Frank, John Newquist and everyone who tweeted, shared, or posted about GAAW. A special thank you to our Platinum Sponsors Simmons Firm, LLC, and Baron & Budd, PC, and Gold Sponsor Motley Rice LLC., and our other sponsors for their generosity.
In Unity,
Linda
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