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 Continue reading →

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. Continue reading →

Joachim A. Rosler, MD, MPD, is the Head Occupational Physician at the University of Cologne, Germany and Professor of Medicine at the Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University of Applied Sciences with focus on occupational diseases. Aside his activities in special Continue reading →

Dr. Jim teWaterNaude, MBChB, MPhil (MCH), FCPHM is a Public Health Medicine specialist who has worked in rural and urban South Africa in the public and NGO sectors. He practices social and clinical occupational medicine and epidemiology, and in research has led a randomized clinical trial in Continue reading →

I am a daughter of a Mesothelioma victim, full time wife and cog in the workings of corporate America and a part time advocate and soap box speaker, trying to spread awareness and knowledge to help prevent further exposure and deaths caused by asbestos. By using social media, word of mouth and other tools, we Continue reading →

Gerard is a trade union leader and activist in-charge of membership recruitment and services of the Associated Labor Unions (ALU), an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) and the Building and Woodworkers International (BWI), among other affiliations. He coordinates the trade union efforts to ban asbestos in the Philippines. He works with BWI and TUCP and seeks the guidance of international organizations to strengthen the campaign. GBAN will make this easier as the network pools the knowledge and experiences worldwide in addressing a global scourge that is asbestos.  

Gerard Seno, Ban Asbestos Philippines, Philippines@gban.net

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My name is Eric Jonckheere, Charter Member of GBAN for Belgium. I am also the President of ABEVA, the Belgium society for asbestos victims. As such, I try to improve the way in which Belgian asbestos victims are treated by law, society and doctors, for instance in the ways they are compensated for their terrible Continue reading →

Herman Hamilton, Executive Assistant of ADAO, first became familiar with the medical and legal aspects of Asbestos as a result of meeting his neighbor and now long time friend of 25 years, Dr. Barry Castleman. Herman joined ADAO in January of 05 as the Veterans Representative before moving on to Assist Linda in Continue reading →

Doug Larkin is the Communications Director and Co-Founder of Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) – which works to help raise awareness about asbestos related diseases, while serving as a global community for asbestos victims and their families.  Doug holds a B.A. in political science from Muskingum Continue reading →

Fernanda Giannasi is the personification of the fight against asbestos in Brazil. As a Labor Inspector for the Ministry of Labor and Employment since 1983, she staunchly defends the public interest on workers’ safety and health. Giannasi is a founding member of ABREA, the association of asbestos-exposed workers Continue reading →