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Posted on Monday, Oct 5, 2009

Mesothelioma Awareness Day Proposed as National Event

Senator Patty Murray (WA) and Congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-4) have introduced resolutions in Congress designating September 26th as “National Mesothelioma Awareness Day.” Mesothelioma Awareness Day was introduced by the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) over 4 years ago and has been supported by volunteers.

Chris Hahn, Executive Director of MARF, hopes that now “mesothelioma will finally become part of a broad national conversation about its tragic impact on our society.”

Murray and McCollum believe that ‘National Mesothelioma Awareness Day’ is a chance to raise awareness of the disease and to support the victims and their families. They hope this national day will start educating the nation about the causes of mesothelioma and the deadly effects of asbestos.

In addition to the Awareness Day proposal, both women vowed to continue fighting to ban asbestos.

To support this resolution go to the MARF Action Center to send a letter to your representative.