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ADAO Announces 2011 Asbestos Awareness Conference Honorees
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 (Press Release) Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Announces Honorees at Seventh Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference Recognition to be given at the 2011 event for outstanding work and dedication [...]
Association of Lung Specialists, opposing the re-opening of the Jeffrey mine, calling for an international ban on asbestos and calling for Quebec to immediately cease mining asbestos.
The January 14, 2011 statement of support by the Quebec Lung Specialists Association for not re-opening the Jeffery Mine continues to show the callous disregard for human life by those parties intent on re-opening the [...]
2011: A New Horizon
Knowledge is Stronger than Asbestos January 2011 eNewsletter 2010 was a year of milestones and accomplishments of which we are very proud. We are now 6,000 strong and our community is growing. Looking back on [...]
Tributes to Support Loved Ones in 2011
ADAO is deeply grateful for the support of our global family, volunteers, and donors in 2010. This support has allowed us to expand our education, advocacy, and community initiatives throughout the world and to continue [...]
Turkey: Asbestos ban to take effect on 12.31.2010
Turkey's Environment Management Directorate General released a statement which said the regulation banning use of asbestos would take effect on December 31, 2010. Turkey will now fully abide by European Union (EU) regulations. "The ban on use of [...]
ACOR Tradition: Light a Candle on December 28 and January 4 (2010)
Posted on December 10, 2010 Join ADAO in an ACOR mesothelioma group tradition as we "Light a Candle" in memory of our loved ones on December 28 and on January 4 in honor of those patients battling mesothelioma. We invite you [...]
Global Social Media Advocacy Campaign: Help Stop the Jeffrey Asbestos Mine
GLOBAL SOCIAL MEDIA ADVOCACY The entire world joined the Quebec mission in December and the reverberation continues. Anger, grief, and hope ran through the veins of victims, scientific communities, organizations, and institutions around the world [...]
“Miles for Meso” by Larry Davis
What do Merlin Olsen, Steve McQueen, admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Jr,USN, Warren Zevon and the firefighters and heroes of 9/11 have in common with Mesothelioma Victim Larry Davis? We all have the unenviable distinction of being [...]
A Family Secret Makes Us Stronger
Let me tell you a family secret and how that secret shaped the new Asbestos Victims' Community Resource page. When Alan was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2003, I sat on a box in the cold garage and cried, overwhelmed by [...]