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Earl Dotter’s 3rd “BADGES” Exhibit Featuring TSCA Champion Sen. Barbara Boxer on Display at Drexel University June 29 – September 1
EVENT PHOTOS Posted on May 25, 2017 | Updated on June 20, 2017 The third iteration of Earl Dotter's groundbreaking photojournalism series “Badges: A Memorial Tribute to Asbestos Workers," which celebrates the 2016 passage of TSCA reform, will [...]
UK Activist David Muchingami Leads Swaziland Protest Against Asbestos Mine Reopening
Posted on May 24, 2017 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is proud to sponsor an upcoming march in Swaziland against the reopening of a notorious asbestos mine. UK-based activist David Muchingami of the Zimbabwe Asbestos [...]
Legendary Journalist and Keynote Speaker David McCumber Reflects on ADAO’s 13th Asbestos Awareness Conference
Posted on May 22, 2017 As anti-asbestos advocates, we're constantly fighting an uphill battle against powerful industries with pockets deep enough to shape the opinions of the public — and lawmakers — through fierce lobbying [...]
Help Annamarie Celebrate Her Two-Year Mesothelioma Surgiversary!
Posted on May 18, 2017 Today is my second surgiversary, and I’d love for you all to celebrate with me! Two years ago today, I underwent a Pleurectomy Decortication surgery that saved my life and [...]
Asbestos Action Alliance says Rotterdam Convention itself has failed miserably as chrysotile asbestos and three other chemicals blocked again from listing, continuing to put millions of workers at risk.
April 24, 2017 Press Release: Global Asbestos Action Alliance confronts global asbestos industry – Good CoP/ Bad CoP? May 2, 2017 MEDIA EVENT NOTICE: Global petition demanding action on chrysotile and reform of the Rotterdam Convention [...]
Top Ten Asbestos Facts (2018)
Posted on February 22, 2018 -- UPDATED ON AUGUST 2, 2018 Top Ten Asbestos Facts (2018) Asbestos a known carcinogen that kills as estimated 40,000 Americans every year. All types of asbestos cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, cancer [...]
ADAO Outraged that Six Countries Prevented the Inclusion of Chrysotile Asbestos in the UN Rotterdam Convention List of Hazardous Substances
April 24, 2017 Press Release: Global Asbestos Action Alliance confronts global asbestos industry – Good CoP/ Bad CoP? May 2, 2017 MEDIA EVENT NOTICE: Global petition demanding action on chrysotile and reform of the Rotterdam Convention [...]
MEDIA EVENT NOTICE: Global petition demanding action on chrysotile and reform of the Rotterdam Convention to be handed to COP President Rotterdam Convention Tuesday 2nd May
April 24, 2017 Press Release: Global Asbestos Action Alliance confronts global asbestos industry – Good CoP/ Bad CoP? Global Asbestos Action Alliance Rotterdam Convention Media Kit GLOBAL ASBESTOS ACTION ALLIANCE MEDIA EVENT NOTICE Global petition [...]
ADAO and NRDC Host Successful Congressional Staff Briefing
April 2017 Briefing Resources Posted on April 29, 2017 Scott Slesinger, Carrie McNamara, Julie Gundlach, Robin Tucker, Dan Swanson, and Linda Reinstein The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) successfully concluded another empowering day on [...]
“Miracles occur, why not for us?” – Colin’s Story
Posted on May 1, 2017 We have been touched by asbestos in individual ways, yet we are joined together by a bond of community. As a testament to the strength of our global family, the Asbestos [...]