Tag Archives: Global Ban Asbestos Network

Double Standards: The Ban on Asbestos, Does Not Pray for the Dividend Flows by Francisco Báez Baquet

Posted on July 30, 2019 Double Standards: the ban on asbestos, does not pray for the dividend flows Author: Francisco Báez Baquet ( lacuentadelpaco@hotmail.com ) PRELIMINARY NOTE: This article consists in the updating of a part of the content of … Continue reading

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Global Asbestos Awareness Week 2018: Reflecting on a Successful Week of Education and Collaboration

Posted on May 24, 2018 In 2018, asbestos remains legal and lethal in the United States. Just last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data to indicate that deaths from the results of inhaling asbestos are … Continue reading

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ADAO Honored to Present at the II International Asbestos Seminar in Brazil

Posted on May 17, 2018 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) was honored for the opportunity to present at the II International Asbestos Seminar on May 16, 2018 for the second time. The second annual seminar, organized by the Associação … Continue reading

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“Asbestos Health Awareness Campaign in Indonesia” by Paul Palmer and Samuel Anthonysz

NOTE: It was exciting to see the Global Ban Asbestos Network (GBAN), a non-profit and independent initiative, help Paul Palmer connect with the Indonesian GBAN Member, Darisman, for their Asbestos Health Awareness Campaign. GBAN was founded in 2010 by the Asbestos … Continue reading

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“Potential years of life lost (PYLL) caused by asbestos-related diseases in the world” in press from the American Journal of Industrial Medicine

We applied the well-established, but rather under-utilized, indicator of PYLL to estimate the global burden of mesothelioma and asbestosis. All deaths caused by mesothelioma and asbestosis that were reported by 82 and 55 countries, respectively, to the World Health Organization … Continue reading

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Eternit Trial Update: The Defense Argues to Move the Case 

ADAO would like to share with you the Wednesday, October the 12th, 2011 La Stampa article by Alberto Gaino, Torino, Italy. We and many others around the world continue to follow the Eternit Trial and support the great cities of … Continue reading

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AFEVA: THE ETERNIT TRIAL: THE DEFENSE IS GIVEN LEAVE TO SPEAK

Associazione Famigliari e Vittime dell’Amianto (AFEVA) Association Nationale de Défense des Victimes de l’Amiante (ANDEVA)- NEW REPORT: THE TURIN TRIAL THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION On the 26th and 27th of September, the hearings of the Eternit trial in Turin … Continue reading

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ANDEVA (France) and “The Turin Trial: The Case for the Prosecution”

ANDEVA is a French NGO that, as the National Association for the defense of asbestos victims, brings together many victims’ groups, families, and public health activists concerned with problems linked to asbestos.  In 2011, ANDEVA members numbered approximately 23,000.  The … Continue reading

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Asbestos Conference October 23 and 24 in Brussels by Eric Jonckheere

ABEVA and IOTA Asbestos Conference – Sunday, October 23 at the Bozar Palace in Brussels NEW Please email your asbestos victims’ photos on the wall of the Palais of Justice in Belguim by October 22, 2011 I am pleased to … Continue reading

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“Mesothelioma deaths reported to the WHO increased twofold in 15 years” by Dr. Vanya Delgermaa

Our paper entitled “Global mesothelioma deaths reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) between 1994 and 2008” was recently accepted by the Bulletin of the WHO and published online (http://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/11-086678.pdf) The overall mortality rates of reported mesothelioma were less than 10 … Continue reading

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