Press Release: ADAO Launches 19th Annual “Global Asbestos Awareness Week” April 1-7, 2023
Posted on March 31, 2023
Each year, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) dedicates April 1-7 to increasing awareness of asbestos and preventing exposure by bringing together experts and victims from around the world to share, learn, and take action. To view all 7 days of Global Asbestos Awareness Week (GAAW) content, please click here. Be sure to follow the conversation on social media with our GAAW hashtag: #2023GAAW.
Asbestos is a known human carcinogen, and there is no safe level of exposure. While promising research continues, prevention remains the only cure. 
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Featured BADGES: A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO ASBESTOS WORKERS” Poster by Earl Dotter: “Progress & Challenges from the Frontlines” (2019)
Featured Video: “Amianto: O assassino que você não pode ver”
Press Release Portuguese: A Organização de Consciencialização sobre a Asbestose (ADAO) Lança a 19.ª “Semana Global Anual de Consciencialização sobre o Amianto”, que terá lugar de 1 a 7 de abril de 2023.
Featured BADGES: A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO ASBESTOS WORKERS” Poster by Earl Dotter: “Progress and Challenges from the Frontlines” (2019)
Leadership Quote: “Like ADAO, ABREA supports worldwide anti-asbestos campaigns emphasizing education, awareness, justice for the victims and a global ban on asbestos. Despite the propaganda by the industry about safe or controlled use of asbestos, Brazilians have learned with the losses of thousands of lives, that asbestos undoubtedly kills,” Fernanda Giannasi, ABREA.
Take action now to ban asbestos imports and use with no loopholes or exemptions! Send your #BanAsbestos letter to Congress in just 60 seconds and add your voice to the U.S. and international coalition fighting against this deadly fiber. Protect the health of workers, families, and communities — urge Congress take immediate action. Send your letter today!
Thank you to our Partners for Prevention SOS AMIANTO – Grupo português de Apoio às Vítimas do Amianto (SOS ASBESTOS – Portuguese Asbestos Victim Support Group) and Associação Brasileira dos Expostos ao Amianto (ABREA) for representing Portugal during GAAW. Find out more on SOS AMIANTO websites.
Special thanks to our 2023 Platinum Sponsor Simmons Hanly Conroy.
Together, we make change happen.
Linda Reinstein
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