The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, a watch-dog group founded in 2004 by asbestos victims, their families and concerned citizens, has organized a Third Annual Asbestos Awareness Day.

To be held at Philadelphia’s Drexel University School of Medicine on March 31st, this day is organized for the purpose of “recognizing accomplishments, remembering and honoring loved ones, and increasing awareness about the dangers of asbestos.”

Co-sponsored by Drexel University School of Public Health and the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat, topics at the conference will include Preventing Asbestos Exposure in Homes, Schools, Hospitals and Workplaces; Detecting and Treating Asbestos-Related Diseases; and Asbestos Victim and Family: Psychosocial Support.

Several individuals will be honored at the conference, which lasts all day and includes both pre- and post-conference workshops for medical professionals and others in attendance. Honorees this year include United States Senator Patty Murray, who has rallied for an asbestos ban in the U.S.; Dr. Michael Harbut, a member of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation; Patrick Martin, a member of Canadian Parliament, who has promoted asbestos bans in Canada; Survivor Paul Zygielbaum and his wife Michelle, activists for asbestos-related causes; and Les Skramstad, the Libby, Montana mine worker who brought Libby’s asbestos plight to national attention, honored posthumously.

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