Posted on November 25, 2019 The Asbestos Awareness Disease Organization (ADAO) applauds Philadelphia teacher Lea DiRusso for appearing on Good Morning America on November 21 to discuss her diagnosis of asbestos-caused mesothelioma. DiRusso bravely shared her story to more than 3.5 million viewers about how she believes she got the disease and what action she [...]
Posted on October 31, 2019 With Thanksgiving around the corner and the year coming to a close, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) would like to thank everyone who has helped us reach our 15th anniversary milestone. This year, we have watched the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act make incredible progress, we took the [...]
Posted on November 1, 2019 Every year, Australians dedicate the last week in November to asbestos awareness, education, and remembrance to those who have lost their lives from preventable asbestos-caused diseases. We at ADAO honor this week as well by sharing stories of those impacted by these deadly, yet preventable, diseases. Even though all six [...]
FREE EVENT: Educational Lecture “Asbestos: Still Legal and Lethal Today” (Pizza will be served) DATE: November 18, 2019 TIME: 12:15 – 1:15 pm LOCATION: Alvin S. Teirstein Auditorium, Annenberg 13-01, Mount Sinai Hospital’s Icahn School of Medicine, 1468 Madison Avenue, NYC DETAILS: http://bit.ly/2Q07Tad Posted on November 1, 2019 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is [...]
Posted on October 15, 2019 ADAO is celebrating the selection of documentary film Inextinguible (“Inextinguishable”) for New York City’s 2019 Films Infest Festival. Telling the story of Mesothelioma Warrior, Ana Cecilia Niño, whose asbestos exposure helped spur the #ColombiaSinAsbesto movement, the film is a powerful, moving piece of art-as-activism. The film’s screening comes on the [...]