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President of Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Meets With EPA Official to Discuss EPA’S Flawed Asbestos Evaluation Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 24, 2019 PRESIDENT OF ASBESTOS DISEASE AWARENESS ORGANIZATION MEETS WITH EPA OFFICIAL TO DISCUSS EPA’S FLAWED ASBESTOS EVALUATION PROCESS Delivers Letter from 26 Scientists in Support of EPA Career Staff Whose [...]
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization’s Letter to Dr. Peter Salovey Urging Yale to Revoke Schmidheiny’s Honorary Degree
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 [...]
Asbestos Documentary ‘Dirty Laundry’ to be Screened at American Industrial Hygiene Association Annual Conference
Posted on May 16, 2019 Next week, ADAO will be attending the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) 2019 AIHce EXP Conference and Exposition. The conference, which will be held in Minneapolis, MN, on May 20-22, [...]
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Case About EPA Asbestos Failures
Posted on May 15, 2019 Thursday, May 16, will be an important milestone in our efforts to make sure that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducts a comprehensive, health-protective evaluation on the risks of asbestos [...]
ADAO Testifies at First-Ever U.S. House Committee Legislative Hearing on Banning Asbestos, a Landmark Step Forward for the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act
Press Release: Landmark U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Legislative Hearing for the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act; First Ban Asbestos Hearing in the House Demonstrates Bipartisan Concern about the Dangers of Asbestos and [...]
Press Release: Landmark U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Legislative Hearing for the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act; First Ban Asbestos Hearing in the House Demonstrates Bipartisan Concern about the Dangers of Asbestos and Inadequate Action by the EPA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 10, 2019 Landmark U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Legislative Hearing for the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019 First Ban Asbestos Hearing in the House Demonstrates Bipartisan [...]
Press Release: PRESIDENT OF ADAO TESTIFIES IN SUPPORT OF ALAN REINSTEIN BAN ASBESTOS NOW ACT. New Data Shows 1 Million Americans Have Died from Asbestos-Related Diseases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2019 PRESIDENT OF ASBESTOS DISEASE AWARENESS ORGANIZATION TESTIFIES IN SUPPORT OF ALAN REINSTEIN BAN ASBESTOS NOW ACT New Data Shows 1 Million Americans Have Died from Asbestos-Related Diseases Washington, DC––Linda [...]
ADAO Set to Testify at U.S House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee “Ban Asbestos Now: Taking Action to Save Lives and Livelihood” Legislative Hearing on May 8
Posted on May 1, 2019 The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on the Environment and Climate Change will hold the “Ban Asbestos Now: Taking Action to Save Lives and Livelihood” legislative hearing on Wednesday, May 8, [...]
Environmental Protection Agency Has Once Again Dismissed Calls for Asbestos Transparency — Denies 15 Attorneys General Petition
Posted on May 1, 2019 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has once again dismissed calls for transparency in favor of helping corporate polluters. Yesterday, the agency denied a petition from 15 Attorneys General (AG), that [...]
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Proudly Releases Our 15th Anniversary Report and an Accomplishment Highlight Video
Posted on May 1, 2019 ADAO 15th Anniversary Report (PRINT) ADAO 15th Anniversary Video For fifteen years the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has had two concurrent goals: to increase awareness of asbestos and its [...]