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ADAO Release: EXPERTS URGE WHITE HOUSE & EPA TO REJECT INDUSTRY CLAIMS AND PROTECT PUBLIC FROM ASBESTOS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2024 EXPERTS URGE WHITE HOUSE & EPA TO REJECT INDUSTRY CLAIMS AND PROTECT PUBLIC FROM ASBESTOS Speakers Refute Industry Exaggerations in Meeting with White House Officials WASHINGTON, DC - The [...]
Press Release: Times Square Billboard Shines Light on Asbestos Crisis: ADAO and IAFF Call on Congress to Act
Join Us. Take Action Today. Send Your Letter To Congress. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2024 Times Square Billboard Shines Light on Asbestos Crisis: ADAO and IAFF Call on Congress to Act The [...]
ADAO Press Release: EXPERTS CALL FOR EPA TO ENACT COMPLETE ASBESTOS BAN
Speakers Highlight the Human Cost of Asbestos Exposure and Inaction in Meeting with White House Officials FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2024 WASHINGTON, DC - The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) brought together a coalition [...]
Statement from ADAO President Linda Reinstein Critiques Reviewers’ Comments on EPA’s Asbestos Part 2 Risk Evaluation White Paper || ADAO Voices Deep Concerns About Reviewers’ Comments and EPA Process
December 27, 2023 -- Peer Reviewer Comments on the White Paper: Quantitative Human Health Approach to be Applied in the Risk Evaluation for Asbestos Part 2—Supplemental Evaluation including Legacy Uses and Associated Disposals of Asbestos [...]
Statement from Linda Reinstein, President and Co-Founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, on the Progress of EPA’s Part 1 Chrysotile Asbestos Final Rule
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Posted on December 8, 2023 Statement from Linda Reinstein, President and Co-Founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, on the Progress of EPA’s Part 1 Chrysotile Asbestos Final Rule The following statement [...]
ADAO Press Release: MAUI RESIDENTS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AT HEIGHTENED RISK OF ASBESTOS EXPOSURE IN WAKE OF DEVASTATING FIRES
Posted on August 16, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAUI RESIDENTS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AT HEIGHTENED RISK OF ASBESTOS EXPOSURE IN WAKE OF DEVASTATING FIRES Legacy Asbestos Used in Older Construction Can Become Airborne After a [...]
ADAO Statement Regarding EPA Asbestos Part 2 Risk Evaluation White Paper || ADAO Calls for Comprehensive Asbestos Risk Evaluation by EPA
August 2, 2023 The following statement is from Linda Reinstein, president and co-founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), an independent nonprofit dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure through education, advocacy, and community initiatives, in [...]
Press Release: Honorees and Keynote Speakers for the 18th Annual International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference Announced
2023 Conference Info | Honorees and Keynote Speaker | Registration | Hotel Reservation | Agenda | Sponsors | Media | Previous Conferences Honorees | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Honorees and Keynote Speakers for the 18th Annual [...]
Press Release: PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY EXPERTS URGE CONGRESS TO BAN ASBESTOS IN CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING || Speakers Highlight the Human Cost of Asbestos Exposure
18th Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Congressional Staff Briefing Resources (July 2023) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY EXPERTS URGE CONGRESS TO BAN ASBESTOS IN CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Speakers Highlight the Human Cost of Asbestos Exposure [...]
Landmark Verdict: California Jury Awards $18.8 Million to Mesothelioma Patient in Johnson & Johnson Talc Trial
Posted July 21 A California jury has delivered a momentous $18.8 million verdict to Emory Hernandez Valadez, a 24-year-old mesothelioma patient who was a longtime user of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder. Valadez alleged that [...]