Billy Ray Cyrus performer and son of Ron Cyrus, Mesothelioma Patient
In October 2007, in the midst of the 2007 federal election campaign, Banton expressed his disgust at Minister for Health Tony Abbott, calling him "a gutless creep" for not attending an arranged meeting at his electorate office in Sydney to be presented with a petition to include a mesothelioma drug on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Von St. James serves as a mesothelioma research funding advocate and conference speaker for the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization and Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation.
His father's death from mesothelioma moved Jordan to work for the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization as an advocate for a those harmed by exposure to asbestos.