Posted on November 1, 2017
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is honored to join public health leaders from across the country at the 145th American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia from November 4 – 8.
This year’s meeting comes at a time when communities across the country are recovering from natural disaster devastation and the issue of climate change serves as one of our nation’s most urgent public health challenges. For that reason, APHA’s 2017 theme is “Creating the Healthiest Nation: Climate Changes Health.” As a public health community, it is crucial to work towards safeguarding all communities against climate risks by protecting people’s health, well-being, and quality of life from climate change impacts.
On November 8th, ADAO is pleased to present during the Occupational Health and Safety session, “Making TSCA Matter to Workers and Families.” Our presentation, “Asbestos: TSCA Progress and Pushback in a Changing Political Climate,” will explain the features of the new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which should facilitate a ban on asbestos. It will explain the ways in which economic and political interests are expected to derail efforts to ban asbestos – and how asbestos victims and the public health community are responding to ban asbestos opponents. Lastly, in honor of this year’s theme and current events, the likely exposure to asbestos as a result of extreme weather events caused by global climate change will be discussed.
- Eve Gartner, J.D., Earthjustice, New York, NY; “A deep dive: Understanding the key provisions of the reformed TSCA”
- Patrice Sutton, MPH, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Juleen Lam, PhD, MHS, MS, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Patricia Koman, MPP, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and Tracey J. Woodruff, PhD, MPH, University of California San Francisco, San Franciso, CA; “Perils and promise of TSCA for protecting children from exposure to toxic environmental chemicals”
- Rebecca L. Reindel, MS, MPH, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC; “Worker safety and health and TSCA: Opportunities, limitations, and looking forward”
To learn more about the meeting’s informative sessions, visit here.
ADAO salutes the APHA for their leadership, innovation, and commitment to protecting public health.
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Together, change is possible.
Linda Reinstein