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Posted on October 1 2018 September was Mesothelioma Awareness Month and was a busy, successful month for ADAO. We are ready for October, and want to keep the awareness and momentum going. Let’s all continue [...]
2018 October Health Literacy Month: ADAO Begins Four-Part Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Blog Series
Posted on September 28, 2018 As Mesothelioma Awareness Month comes to a close, ADAO is looking forward to sharing information on asbestos disease and prevention for October's Health Literacy Month, as well as National Health Lung Month. [...]
EPA sits back while North Carolinians are “forced to breath” asbestos for seven months
Posted on October 1, 2018 What a month. In September, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued two report reports. On Monday, the EPA OIB issued the report revealing that“Asbestos in Schools [...]
Right to Know Legal Action: ADAO and Public Health Leaders Demand More Information on Asbestos from EPA
Press Release: ADAO and Public Health Leaders Demand More Information on Asbestos from EPA “Right to Know” Letter to Acting Administrator Wheeler Posted on October 1, 2018 The right to know is inherently American -- it’s [...]
ADAO Interviews Eric Jonckheere and Krishnendu Mukherjee About the Documentary, “Breathless- Fighting the Global Asbestos Industry”
Purchase Tickets Posted on October 1, 2018 This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Eric Jonckheere and Krishnendu Mukherjee (aka Tublu) who are the masterminds behind the moving documentary Breathless. In the interview, Eric [...]
Earl Dotter Releases New Book: LIFE’S WORK, A Fifty Year Photographic Chronicle of Working in the U.S.A.
Posted on October 1, 2018 We are very pleased to announce that Earl Dotter, ADAO supporter, and the original creator of the BADGES, A Memorial Tribute to Asbestos Workers Exhibit has just published a new retrospective book [...]
ADAO in Ghana: Fighting Beyond Borders at the African Conference on Occupational Health & Safety
Posted on October 1, 2018 This month, ADAO will have the privilege of participating in the 2018 African Conference on Occupational Health & Safety in Ghana. The conference, hosted by the Ministry of Employment and [...]
EPA Requests Snopes.com to Change Asbestos Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) Rating from Mostly True to False
Posted on October 1, 2018 Not only has the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule that could allow for new asbestos products to enter the market, but the agency tried to convince a fact-checking [...]
ADAO Wraps Up A Successful Mesothelioma Awareness Day Congressional Staff Briefing
September 2018 Congressional Staff Briefing Resource Page Press Release: ADAO and Public Health Leaders Demand More Information on Asbestos from EPA Posted on September 26, 2018 Photo Courtesy of Earl Dotter The Asbestos [...]
Press Release: ADAO and Public Health Leaders Demand More Information on Asbestos from EPA
For Immediate Release: September 26, 2018 “Right to Know” petition asks the EPA to use its authority under TSCA to identify how and where asbestos is being used and imported to make sure Americans understand [...]