August was a busy and successful month for ADAO! On August 17, we held our 17th Congressional staff briefing. We look forward to continuing our work with Congress to move forward and pass the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now (ARBAN) Act. To watch the briefing video, click here. At the end of August, I joined award-winning photojournalist, Earl Dotter, in hosting an educational community meeting and researching several chlor-alkali plants that still import and use asbestos in Louisiana, endangering communities and residents in the area.
We are so excited that our 17th Annual International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference is this month on Sept. 16-17! For the second year, ADAO will host the “Asbestos: Art, Advocacy, and Action" festival on Friday, September 16. On Saturday, September 17, ADAO is presenting our Academic Conference followed by the Awards and Recognition Ceremony. Our official 2022 AAPC Website is now live, check it out for more details. Thank you to our sponsors: Platinum: Simmons, Hanly, Conroy LLC, Gold: The Gori Law Firm, and Silver: Bailey & Glasser LLP and Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen for their generous support and for helping to make our conference free to the nation and world! Register is required.
September 26th marks Mesothelioma Awareness Day, and we are honored that for the sixth year in a row, an American flag will fly atop the U.S. Capitol building in honor and remembrance of mesothelioma victims and their families. ADAO would like to extend a huge thank you to Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, as it is due to his hard work and advocacy that the flag will fly.
Twenty-one years later, our hearts still mourn the lives lost on 9/11/2001. Nearly 3,000 innocent lives were stolen that day. Many of our heroic first responders who selflessly showed up at Ground Zero are now suffering from chronic illnesses and cancers caused by asbestos and other toxins that were released into the air when the towers collapsed. We must ban asbestos now to protect our first responders from future exposures. We owe them that much. We will never forget.
Linda Reinstein
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ADAO Featured Video
ADAO's 17th Staff Briefing
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Global Asbestos and Mesothelioma Calendar |
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- September 2022: Mesothelioma Awareness Month
- September 16 – 17, 2022: ADAO’s 17th Annual International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference Globally Streaming
- Friday, September 16, 2022 at 10:00 am - 2:00 pm ET: “Asbestos: Art, Advocacy, and Action” Festival
- Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 9:00 am - 4:00 pm ET: Saturday Academic Conference: “Where Knowledge and Action Unite”
- Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 4:30 - 5:30 pm ET:: Awards and Recognition Ceremony
- September 24, 2022: 14th Alton Miles for Meso Race
- September 26, 2022: Mesothelioma Awareness Day
- September 26, 2022: Mesothelioma Awareness Day Capitol Flag Flying
- September 30, 2022: Rare Cancer Day
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