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New ADAO Video || “The Ban Asbestos Legislative Movement: From Our Homes to The Hill”
VIDEO: New ADAO Video || "The Ban Asbestos Legislative Movement: From Our Homes to The Hill" Posted on June 14, 2019 Every day, 100 Americans die from preventable asbestos-caused diseases, yet imports and use continue. [...]
Un día trascendental en Colombia y en todo el mundo, al aprobar el Congreso el “Proyecto de Ley Ana Cecilia Niño” que prohíbe el uso del asbesto.
Posted on June 11, 2019 La Organización de concientización sobre la enfermedad del asbesto (ADAO), por sus siglas en inglés) envía nuestras más sinceras felicitaciones a los dedicados legisladores, sindicalistas y activistas colombianos por la [...]
A Momentous Day in Colombia and Around the World, as Congress Bans Asbestos with the Passage of the “Ana Cecilia Niño Bill”
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, [...]
U.S. House of Representatives Set to Hold Hearing to Examine the Management and Policy Changes at the EPA
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). [...]
FDA Recalls Toxic Tween Makeup with Asbestos, Again
Posted on June 11, 2019 Once again, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised consumers to stop using certain cosmetic products due to asbestos contamination. On May 29, and 30, 2019, the FDA recalled [...]
Remembering Janelle, Mesothelioma Warrior, on June 6th Wonder Woman Day
Posted on June 5, 2019 Janelle “Wonder Woman” Bedel was a Mesothelioma Warrior, mother, and wife from Rushville, Indiana who won the 2014 Alan Reinstein Award. This award, named after the first ADAO President, recognizes [...]
National Cancer Survivors Day, June 2nd: Celebrating Strength and Reflecting on Lessons Learned
ADAO Share Your Story Collection Posted on June 2, 2019 Each year, on the first Sunday in June, cancer survivors around the globe unite to show the world how life after cancer looks! June 2nd [...]
Top Facts about Asbestos and the Bicameral Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act (ARBAN)
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 [...]
EPA Career Staff Leak Documents to ADAO Confirming Concern Over Trump’s EPA Asbestos Policies
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 [...]
“What the Merchants of Death Won’t Tell You: The Irrefutable Facts about Asbestos” an ADAO PSA
“What the Merchants of Death Won’t Tell You: The Irrefutable Facts about Asbestos” an ADAO PSA Posted on May 30, 2019 How many Americans think asbestos has already been banned? Between misleading reports about the [...]