“Asbestos. Be Safe. Be Smart.” Educational Event in Ambler, PA

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“Asbestos. Be Safe. Be Smart. – Marilyn Amento, Ambler Resident, Mesothelioma Widow, ADAO Volunteer Where is Asbestos? What Do You Do With It? – J. Brent Kynoch, Managing Director of Environmental Information Association (EIA) Diagnosing and Treating Asbestos-Related Diseases – Keith Cengel, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncologist, Penn Mesothelioma and Pleural Program Prevention: Where Knowledge & Action Unite – Linda Reinstein, President/CEO & Co-Founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), Mesothelioma Widow What’s Happening in Ambler? – Diane Morgan, Citizens for a Better Ambler

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ASBESTOS: BE SAFE. BE SMART.
Ambler, PA  August 17, 2015

Linda@adao.us
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
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2015 ADAO Ambler Educational Resources
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PROGRAM: Topics & Presenters
• Opening – Marilyn Amento, Asbestos Resident, Mesothelioma
Widow, ADAO Volunteer
• Where is Asbestos? What Do You Do With It? – J. Brent
Kynoch, Managing Director of Environmental Information
Association (EIA)
• Dr. Keith Cengel, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncologist at the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Prevention: Where Knowledge and Action Unite – Linda
Reinstein, President/CEO & Co-Founder of the Asbestos
Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), Mesothelioma Widow
• What’s Happening in Ambler? – Diane Morgan, Citizens for a
Better Ambler
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THE HONORABLE JEANNE SORG
MAYOR, BOROUGH OF AMBLER
jsorg@borough.ambler.pa.us

MARILYN AMENTO
Ambler Resident, Mesothelioma Widow
ADAO Volunteer & SLT Board Member
“Asbestos. Be Safe. Be Smart.”
Learn How to Prevent Exposure and Disease
Ambler, PA
Monday, August 17, 2015

Amento
Home
Park
Pile
“White
Mountains”
Remediated 1993
Bo-Rit Super
Fund Site
Two Superfund Sites in Ambler
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Abandoned
Keasbey & Mattison
Boiler House
Asbestos waste in
factory basement.
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Joe Amento, Jr.
Born June 19, 1950
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Joe Amento, Jr.
Died at Age 53
July 26, 2003
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A s b e s t o s D e a t h s
15,000
Joes
Each
Year
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Asbestos: Not Just Ambler’s Problem
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“Asbestos. Be Safe. Be Smart.” Educational Event in Ambler, PA

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