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The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Sends Our Support to the UK Warriors for Action Mesothelioma Day, July 5, 2019
Posted on July 1, 2019 Friday, July 5 is Action Mesothelioma Day in the United Kingdom. Organizations throughout the country will host events to raise awareness about mesothelioma and remember those who have lost their [...]
ADAO Congratulates the Unstoppable Mavis and Ray Nye, Extraordinary Ban Asbestos Advocates, on Their Honorary Degree
Posted on July 1, 2019 We have some exciting news about two members of the ADAO family! Mavis Nye, a Mesothelioma Warrior, and her husband Ray, both dedicated ban asbestos activists, will be receiving an [...]
Remembering Debbie and Janelle, Two Brave Mesothelioma Warriors
Posted on June 30, 2019 Remembering ... This month we lit a candle in loving memory on June 9th for Debbie and June 19th for Janelle. In June 2013, our community lost two beloved Mesothelioma Warriors, Janelle Bedel and Debbie [...]
ADAO Hosts 13 Asbestos and Mesothelioma Congressional Staff Briefings || Where Knowledge and Action Unite
Posted on July 1, 2019 Since 2008, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has held and/or participated in 13 Congressional Staff Briefings. Every year, we have used this immense opportunity to do one thing: give [...]
EPA Faces Another Major Resignation Over Ethics Allegations || Bipartisan Concerns Grow as Failures Continue
Posted on July 1, 2019 Almost a year to the day that Scott Pruitt announced his resignation as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Agency is facing two new major controversies. Bill Wehrum, [...]
The Devil is in the Details: State Asbestos Bans Bills Don’t Ban Raw Asbestos Imports and Use
Posted on June 28, 2019 Asbestos continues to kill, and the U.S. government is sitting idly by, while its citizens are dying by the thousands. America needs a federal ban on imports, use, and distribution [...]
A Global Call to G20 Summit Leaders to Who Still Import and Use Asbestos: China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, and the USA — Ban Asbestos Now
Posted on June 26, 2019 On June 28 and 29, the leaders of the G20 will be gathering in Osaka, Japan for the annual G20 forum, the world’s preeminent economic conference. The purpose of the [...]
Contaminated Cosmetics: Another Reason We Need Congress to Finally Ban Asbestos
Posted on June 25, 2019 When we use makeup, we don’t think twice. Kids play dress-up with it, our teens turn to it as a rite of passage, and as adults make it part of [...]
Asbestos in Your Home: A Guide for National Healthy Homes Month
Posted on June 19, 2019 June 2019 is the 4th annual National Healthy Homes Month (NHHM), led by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This year’s theme is “Growing Up Safe and Healthy, [...]
Join ADAO in Celebrating the 10th Annual World Social Media Day with Other Nearly 4.5 Billion Internet Users
Posted on June 19, 2019 As a huge believer in the power of social media, ADAO encourages you to join us in celebrating the tenth annual World Social Media Day celebration on June 30, 2019. [...]