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This page represents a consolidated listing of Asbestos Victims’ Organizations’ Facebook pages, blogs, eNewsletters, websites, and upcoming events. Our hope is to provide a resource for asbestos victims to instantaneously connect, share, and comfort each other. If you would like to add your Asbestos Victims’ Organization’s links, please visit this page for instructions.
We ask for your patience as we build the Asbestos Victims’ Community Resource page, as it is a work in progress.
Asbestos Victims’ Organizations Facebook Pages
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Note- we are inviting our 1500 supporters on our “Cause” page to join our new page.
2008 ADAO Causes
2010 Global Ban Asbestos Network (GBAN)
ADSVIC (Asbestos Diseases Society of Victoria Inc) – Australia
Asbestos Victims Association (SA) Inc.
Ban Asbestos Philippines
Barrow Asbestos-Related Disease Support (BARDS) – UK
Bernie Banton Foundation (BBF) – Australia
Cure Meso (MARF)
Community Facebook Pages
ADAO “Voices on the Wall” Asbestos Victims’ Community
“MARF & ADAO are on FB” – Kim Hoover
Mavis Nye Meso Warrior – Personal Page
Mesowarriors – Community
“Mesothelioma Warriors ( Asbestos Cancer) fundraising Group” – Jan Weston
“mesothelioma tears- for those of us who have lost a loved one” – Jan Weston
Patient and Family Blogs and Stories
Anita Steiner – Blog
Debbie Brewer – Blog
Jan Egerton – Blog
Mavis Nye My Struggle with Mesothelioma – Blog
Veronica White (Ronnie) – Blog
Doing Something Positive – Linda Wride Blog
Mick Knighton Chris’s-story
Deidre van Gerven – Blog New Zealand
Since 2004, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization has given
asbestos victims and concerned citizens a united voice to raise public
awareness about the threat that asbestos exposure poses to public
health. Now 6,000 strong, ADAO is the largest international organization
dedicated to preventing asbestos-related diseases through education
and legislation. Every day during National Asbestos Awareness Week
(April 1 – 7, 2010), ADAO will empower the public with information on
asbestos and its commercial use; how to prevent exposure in homes,
schools, and in workplaces; early warning symptoms and medical
treatment options; and clarify that asbestos is not a banned product in
the United States and is still be using in common household products. *Linda
Reinstein co-founded ADAO in 2004. ADAO’s mission includes supporting
global advocacy and advancing asbestos awareness, prevention, early
detection, treatment, and resources for asbestos-related disease. She
will present at ADAO’s 6th International Asbestos Awareness Conference on April 10th. |
1. Asbestos is a known human carcinogen.
2. The United States and Canada are the last two industrial nations not
to ban asbestos. More than 50 countries have banned asbestos as of
January 2010.
3. The Word Health Organization (WHO) indicates that there are
approximately 125 million people in the world who are exposed to
asbestos in the workplace.
4. More than 10,000 Americans die each year from exposure to asbestos
and the number is rising. It is projected that in the next decade
asbestos diseases will kill at least 100,000 Americans alone.
5. Once airborne, microscopic asbestos fibers can be carried hundreds of miles away from its source.
6. Inhaling or swallowing asbestos fibers can cause permanent and
irreversible damage to vital organs. Asbestos fibers can cause
asbestosis, lung and gastrointestinal cancers, and an aggressive cancer
called mesothelioma. Mesothelioma patients’ average life expectancy is
six – twelve months.
7. Asbestos remains a consumer threat today. ADAO’s 2007 Product
Testing Report revealed 5 products were contaminated with asbestos,
including a child’s toy.
8. Asbestos diseases have a long latency period from initial exposure to
development of disease from 50 years or longer; are difficult to
diagnose as it mimics other ailments; difficult to treat, often
incurable and frequently deadly.
9. The World Health Organization (WHO), International Labor Organization
(ILO), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Acting U.S.
Surgeon General state that there is no safe level of exposure to
asbestos.
10. Asbestos has been mined and used in a broad range of products,
materials, and applications including but not exclusive to construction,
insulation, shipyards, and many other industries.
Advocacy
For the past six years, ADAO has worked with the U. S. Senate to pass
legislation to increase public awareness about asbestos, a known human
carcinogen. This year, ADAO praises the Senate for passing S.RES.427,
declaring the first week of April as “National Asbestos Awareness
Week.” In 2009, as a result of the passage of National Asbestos
Awareness Week, the Surgeon General issued a statement warning and educating Americans of the severe hazards of asbestos exposure.
