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ADAO Urges Senate to Pass National Asbestos Awareness Week... Arthur L. Frank, Chairman of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Drexel University and Co-chairman of the ADAO Science Advisory Board. “The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization asks the Senate to continue their leadership in addressing this preventable public health crisis by urging the Surgeon General to warn and educate Americans that asbestos exposure may be hazardous to their health,” said Linda Reinstein, Executive Director and Co-founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. To further promote National Asbestos Awareness Week, ADAO will hold its third annual conference and Remembrance Service at Drexel School of Public Heath on March 31st and April 1st respectively in Philadelphia. About Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) was founded by asbestos victims and their families in 2004. ADAO seeks to give asbestos victims a united voice to help ensure that their rights are fairly represented and protected, and raise public awareness about the dangers of asbestos exposure and the often deadly asbestos related diseases. ADAO is funded th... ADAO Urges Senate to Pass 'National Asbestos Awareness Week'... Arthur L. Frank, Chairman of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Drexel University and Co-chairman of the ADAO Science Advisory Board. "The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization asks the Senate to continue their leadership in addressing this preventable public health crisis by urging the Surgeon General to warn and educate Americans that asbestos exposure may be hazardous to their health," said Linda Reinstein, Executive Director and Co-founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. To further promote National Asbestos Awareness Week, ADAO will hold its third annual conference and Remembrance Service at Drexel School of Public Heath on March 31st and April 1st respectively in Philadelphia. About Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) was founded by asbestos victims and their families in 2004. ADAO seeks to give asbestos victims a united voice to help ensure that their rights are fairly represented and protected, and raise public awareness about the dangers of asbestos exposure and the often deadly asbestos related diseases. ADAO is funded through voluntary contributions ... My husband's job as school caretaker killed him... I said 'Are you telling me that my husband is going to die? ', and they said 'Yes'. “But I don't think they expected him to die as quickly as he did. I was told that he had a year left, but he only lasted another five weeks.”At first, the family could not remember when he had come into contact with asbestos but then remembered his time at the two Norwich schools.Mrs Harris added: “I don't think anybody realised the potential danger of asbestos at that time. But Angel Road Middle School was very old, had two boiler houses, and the pipes were crumbling.”Mrs McClay took as evidence a document from Norfolk County Council confirming Mr Harris' caretaker's job, which also involved a stint at Acle High School until 1991, involved the maintenance of the heating systems at the schools. Last month, Mrs Harris launched a landmark legal action against the county council in the High Court to claim damages of up to £150,000.She claims the council's negligence in failing to protect her husband during his time at the school between 1980 and 1987 cut short his life by 14 years.County council spokesman Steve Reilly... 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | All news |