Swap the State Rock
San Pedro, CA - April 9, 2009 - Tens of thousands of Californians have died, and thousands continue to die from asbestos. Yet those who suffer from asbestos poisoning must also endure the fact that the state of California demeans their plight by heralding asbestos ore as its state rock. With so many of the world’s foremost anti-asbestos advocates assembled in California with asbestos disease victims for the 5th Annual Asbestos Disease Awareness Conference, ADAO’s Executive Director, Linda Reinstein, seized upon the opportunity to announce an alliance between ADAO, the Pacific Heart Lung & Blood Institute and the John McNamara Foundation to “Swap the Rock.” These three groups are joining forces to convince California legislators to stop the continuing insult to their constituency by changing the state rock to a non-lethal replacement which better symbolizes the hope and promise which has long been associated with California.
Please support this effort by signing the online “Swap the Rock” petition.
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Click here to read a letter to legislators. Please feel
free to copy and send to your assemblyperson and state
senator.
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Click here to read a fact sheet about toxic serpentine.
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Click here to take a survey about California's
state rock.
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Click
here to find your California legislators.
Call us for more information: 1-800-831-9399
The Law Office of Roger G. Worthington, P.C.
273 W. 7th Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
www.mesothel.com
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