Category Archives: Charter Member

Dominador Tuvera, Philippines Dominador implements the ALU/BWI/TUCP trade union campaign to ban asbestos in the Philippines and represents the unions in consultations about the problem of asbestos. In those meetings, he is one of two speakers most passionate on the … Continue reading →

My name is Mohit Gupta, Charter Member of GBAN for India. I am also the coordinator of OEHNI, Occupational and Environmental Health Network of India. Together with other NGOs and likeminded people, we work towards banning of Asbestos use in … Continue reading →

Apolinar Tolentino is the Building and Woodworkers International’s Regional Representative for the  Asia Pacific Region. In this capacity, he has been spearheading trade union activities along with the affiliated organisations on various sectoral issues, including raising awareness amongst member organisations … Continue reading →

I am a retired Union Official of the Maritime Union of Australia. I worked on the docks for 38 years and was a Union delegate for 30 years, during which time I was also Senior Vice President of the Union. … Continue reading →

I am a human right activist in Canada and have been campaigning to get Canada to stop exporting asbestos.  Through www.rightoncanada.ca – a citizens’ human rights advocacy website – and working in solidarity with activists and scientists around

Ken Takahashi is Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Acting Director of the WHO Collaborating Center (WHO-CC) for Occupational Health at the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.

My name is Muchamad Darisman (Indonesia). When I attended the ANROAV meeting in Manila in 2008, I was shocked to learn how dangerous asbestos is. For in Indonesia, asbestos is used on a massive scale, especially in roofing. Since then, … Continue reading →

Barry Castleman, ScD, is an Environmental Consultant trained in chemical and environmental engineering.  He holds a Doctor of Science degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He has been a consultant to numerous agencies of the US

When I began researching asbestos-related diseases in 1970, as a newly trained epidemiologist with the United States Public Health Service there was no uniform system beyond Index Medicus and the library.  With GBAN, which readily translates its entries

Arthur L. Frank, PhD, MD is co-chair of ADAO’s Science Advisory Board and serves as Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the Drexel University School of Public Health in Philadelphia.