Posted on June 11, 2019 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) sends our sincerest congratulations to the dedicated Colombian lawmakers, trade unions, and activists for passing the "Ana Cecilia Niño Bill" to ban the production, industrial use, and trade of asbestos. It is impossible to mention all those who contributed to this great national achievement, [...]
Posted on June 11, 2019 On Tuesday, June 11, the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee is set to hold a hearing on the mission and future of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), who is a champion of the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019, and [...]
H.R. 1603 Manager’s Amendment (November 19, 2019) FAQs -- 2019 ARBAN Key Points Posted on May 31, 2019 Updated on November 22, 2019 On March 7, 2019, the bicameral Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019 (ARBAN) (S. 717) and (H.R. 1603) was introduced by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Chairman [...]
Posted on May 30, 2019 Sound the alarm, again. A few months ago, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) received two internal emails from anonymous sources at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that documented the deep concerns of the agency’s career staff about their failure to take effective action on asbestos under the Toxic Substances [...]
Thursday, May 23, 2019 Dr. Peter Salovey President of Yale University Dear Dr. Salovey, We are writing to once again urge Yale to rescind its 1996 honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree awarded to Stephan Schmidheiny, owner of the global Eternit enterprise, in 1996. Yale was clearly conned by this asbestos billionaire in his rebranding [...]