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ADAO Release: EXPERTS URGE CONGRESS TO ACT NOW TO BAN ASBESTOS || Congressional Briefing Highlights Human Cost of Asbestos Exposure

Briefing Recorded Video FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2021  EXPERTS URGE CONGRESS TO ACT NOW TO BAN ASBESTOS Congressional Briefing Highlights Human Cost of Asbestos Exposure Washington, DC -- Today the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) held its 16th bipartisan Congressional Staff Briefing. The annual event brings medical, scientific, and public health experts together to [...]

2021-08-27T06:29:47-07:00August 18th, 2021|
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Five Things You Need to Know about EPA’s 1989 Failure to Ban Asbestos and the 500,000 Tons of Asbestos Imported for Commercial Use

Posted on July 31, 2021 This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the last time the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tried to ban asbestos, a known carcinogen, in the United States. Three decades later, the toxin still kills over 40,000 Americans annually, and hundreds of tons are still imported and used every year. For the [...]

2021-07-31T13:19:02-07:00July 31st, 2021|
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New Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters Study Shows Even Underground Asbestos Can Become Mobilized in Water and Soil

Posted on July 21, 2021 A new study published by the Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters disproved the longstanding assumption that asbestos fibers are immobile in soils and cannot move in groundwater no matter the condition. The study instead proves that mobility of asbestos fibers below ground is instead enhanced by dissolved organic matter from [...]

2022-08-09T12:27:07-07:00July 30th, 2021|
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ADAO’s 12th Zoom Conversation Discussed The Global Asbestos Fight for Human Rights and Justice in Brazil, India, Italy, and the USA with Barry Castleman, ScD; Gopal Krishna, PhD; Silvana Mossano, and Linda Reinstein

Meeting mondiale sull’amianto: l’esempio di Casale «in rete» con Usa, Canada, Brasile e India by Silvana Mossano  Posted on July 30, 2021 On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) hosted our 12th Zoom conversation, entitled “The Global Asbestos Fight for Human Rights and Justice.” We are grateful to all our panelists, [...]

2024-04-29T09:59:09-07:00July 30th, 2021|
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