Asbestos Awareness

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is an independent organization, founded by asbestos victims and their families, dedicated to promoting asbestos awareness through education, advocacy and community. Every year, thousands of people in the United States are diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer and other asbestos related diseases.

What is ADAO’s Mission?

The primary mission of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization is to advance asbestos awareness around the globe by educating the public on the hazards of asbestos exposure, creating a supportive community for asbestos disease victims and their families, playing an active advocacy role in Washington D.C. and funding ongoing research to develop new and improved treatment methods and to search for a cure.

The ADAO community is comprised of a group of individuals joined in a common goal to provide a strong, unified “Voice of the Victims”. As a result of the consistent, unyielding dedication and commitment of everyone in the community this “voice” continues to strengthen each year. Together, the ADAO community has worked to influence important asbestos legislation, created important educational tools to promote public awareness and supported medical research to develop new and emerging treatment protocols. Most importantly they have fostered strong personal bonds and friendships that, in many instances, have proven to be the best “medicine” of all.

ELSS Offers Continued Support to ADAO

Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney and Strauss remains firmly committed to ADAO’s mission and vision of promoting global asbestos awareness. The vast majority of ELSS clients are mesothelioma victims and/or their family members. In working with our clients, we have witnessed firsthand the devastating effects that asbestos disease can have and this has strengthened our resolve to continue to provide financial support to organizations, like ADAO, that are dedicated to increasing awareness about the harmful effects of asbestos and ending the suffering that is caused by it.

Current Events Sponsored by ADAO

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization held its Seventh Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference in Atlanta, GA on April 1-3 2011. Over 100 participants were in attendance at the conference which focused on the role and impact of asbestos on the environment, economy and public health. A major highlight of this year’s conference was a ceremony honoring several individuals for their continued dedication and commitment to carrying out the mission and work of ADAO. There were also a number of keynote speakers who presented on a number of topics throughout the three days including mesothelioma survivor Heather Von St. James, a courageous woman with a story of hope and inspiration after living with mesothelioma for over five years.