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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Announces Honorees and Keynote Speaker for the 8th Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), which combines education, advocacy, and community initiatives as a leading asbestos victims’ voice worldwide, announced its honorees and keynote speaker for the 8th Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference, Asbestos: An International Public Health Crisis, to be held March 30–April 1, ...
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U.S. Surgeon General Issues Statement on the Dangers of Asbestos in Support of National Asbestos Awareness Week
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) applauds Surgeon General Regina Benjamin’s statement today that “… there is no level of asbestos exposure that is known to be completely safe.” ADAO joins her in urging “all Americans to learn about the dangers of asbestos exposure and to understand the steps they can take to protect their health.” Since ...
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Don’t miss free health and safety courses
The Working Well Together Campaign runs numerous free and subsidised courses in all areas of health and safety. Courses available include: general health and safety, dust awareness, asbestos awareness, preparing risk assessments and method statements, working at height and manual handling. This is a fantastic opportunity to make sure your business is compliant and that all staff, especially ...
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ADAO Praises Senator Baucus for Introduction of Eighth Annual Resolution Establishing “National Asbestos Awareness Week”
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), which combines education, advocacy and community as the leading U.S. organization serving as the voice of asbestos victims, today applauds Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and cosponsors for again introducing a resolution declaring the first week of April as “National Asbestos Awareness Week” that seeks to ...
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Register for free health and safety courses nationwide
Free and heavily subsidised courses in many aspects of health and safety are available from the Working Well Together Campaign. The courses include general health and safety, asbestos awareness, preparing risk assessments and method statements, working at height and manual handling. This is a great opportunity to ensure new starters are health and safety aware, and that your business is fully ...
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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) to Hold Press Conference Featuring Barbara Minty McQueen, Mesothelioma Widow of Steve McQueen
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is hosting a press conference where Barbara Minty McQueen will discuss her late husband’s December 1979 mesothelioma diagnosis as well as the physical and emotional pain he endured as a result of trying to find treatment in the U.S. McQueen, author/photographer and former model, will unveil her new ...
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ADAO to Livestream Breathtaking: A Personal Investigation into the Continued Use of Asbestos
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO,) which combines education, advocacy, and community to provide a unified voice for asbestos victims, today announced that it will be livestreaming Breathtaking on September 26th. The documentary, directed by Ontario filmmaker Kathleen Mullen, is “a personal investigation into the continued use of asbestos” ...
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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) to Hold Press Conference Featuring Barbara Minty McQueen, Mesothelioma Widow of Steve McQueen
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is hosting a press conference where Barbara Minty McQueen will discuss her late husband’s December 1979 mesothelioma diagnosis as well as the physical and emotional pain he endured as a result of trying to find treatment in the U.S. McQueen, author/photographer and former model, will unveil her new ...
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Mesothelioma will be discussed at asbestos awareness conference
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) will be having its sixth Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference on the weekend of April 9-11, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel. The conference is scheduled to provide families, employees and scientists throughout the world with information surrounding the dangers of asbestos exposure. ADAO also plans to ...
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Many workers `asbestos ignorant`
Tradespeople are putting themselves at risk of an incurable cancer because they don’t know enough about asbestos, says the British Lung Foundation. Asbestos causes a chest cancer called mesothelioma, which kills one person every five hours in the UK. Tradespeople such as builders, plumbers, carpenters, electricians and gas fitters are most at risk of getting this cruel disease. A survey carried ...
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U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Confirms U.S. Consumption of Asbestos Fiber Increased 13% in 2011
The following statement was issued today by Linda Reinstein, Co-Founder, President & CEO of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), regarding the 2011 U.S. Geological Mineral Yearbook confirming the U.S. consumption of asbestos fiber increased 13%. “As a Mesothelioma widow and asbestos awareness advocate, I was appalled and shocked by the ...
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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Named as Finalist for 2013 American Business AwardSM
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), which combines education, advocacy, and community as the leading U.S. organization serving as the voice of asbestos victims, was named a finalist today in the Company of the Year – Non-Profit or Government Organizations category of the 2013 American Business Awards. Since 2004, ADAO has been dedicated to preventing mesothelioma and other ...
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Get fit for 2014 with free health and safety seminars
Once again in 2014, the Working Well Together Campaign is running free health and safety seminars across the country. Seminars include: Asbestos Awareness, Dust Awareness, Face Fit Testing, Hand Arm & Whole Body Vibration, Noise in Construction, Rescue Plans, Working at Height and Manual Handling. This is a great opportunity to ensure your business is compliant and that all staff, ...
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Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Day inaugurated in Australia
Losing her husband to a deadly asbestos-induced disease, Dorothy Roberts, 72, is one of 12 widows being portrayed during Australia’s National Asbestos & Mesothelioma Day. The ACTU (Australian Council of Trade Unions) will join with asbestos victims and support groups to carry out a day of events that will punctuate the dangers of asbestos. Regarded as the “silent killer,” mesothelioma is a ...
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U.S. Senate Approves Resolution Establishing National Asbestos Awareness Week
On March 27th, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan resolution to create the 11th consecutive National Asbestos Awareness Week. The week of recognition for asbestos, known to cause mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer, takes place during the first week of April. Senate Resolution 125 also urges the Surgeon General of the United States to warn and educate people about the public health issue ...
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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Issues Statement on 2012 U.S. Geological Survey Report
The following statement was issued today by Linda Reinstein, Co-Founder, President & CEO of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, regarding the 2012 United States Geological Survey report about the dramatic increase in asbestos importation to the United States: "As a Mesothelioma widow and asbestos awareness advocate, I was appalled and shocked to discover ...
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Global Asbestos Awareness Week and Exposure Risks in the United States
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that approximately 125 million workers across the globe are exposed to asbestos in the workplace and about half the deaths from occupational cancer are likely caused by exposure to it. The agency also shares the fact that some asbestos-related deaths are also due to exposure in the home. It has long been recognized that asbestos can cause a number of ...
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The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), Screening Dust: The Great Asbestos Trial
Anti-asbestos campaigners have urged more criminal prosecutions against the global directors of asbestos corporations, following the recent conviction of European industrialists Stephen Schmidheiny and Baron Cartier de Marchienne in Italy. The call was made this weekend at a meeting of Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO). The ADAO has organized a special ...
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Global Asbestos Awareness Week and Efforts to Protect Residents of Puerto Rico
The first week of April marks the 18th annual Global Asbestos Awareness Week (GAAW). The week-long campaign was begun by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization and is a designed to educate the public about asbestos and exposure hazards. The term “asbestos” is a commercial name, not a mineralogical definition, given to a variety of six naturally occurring fibrous minerals ...
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Statement from Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Opposing Senate “Chemical Safety” Bill which Lets Asbestos off the Hook
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), which combines education, advocacy, and community to help ensure justice for asbestos victims, today issued this statement from ADAO President and Co-Founder Linda Reinstein, in opposition to the legislation introduced today by U.S. Sens. David Vitter (R-LA) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) inappropriately named the “Chemical Safety for the 21st ...
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