Donate to ADAO, an independent nonprofit, dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure to eliminate all asbestos-caused diseases Use Your Holiday Shopping to Support ADAO with Amazon Smile Posted on October 31, 2018 I can hardly believe it’s already November. This year has been trying on us in so many ways, but I am grateful for those of [...]
Posted on October 31, 2018 The devil’s in the details, and you have a right to know about them. When the industry holds sham conferences to promote asbestos products as “absolutely safe,” you have a right to know the facts as they are. When a historic asbestos ban is achieved in Canada, formerly the world’s [...]
Posted on October 31, 2018 It happened fast. In May of this year, a team of construction workers remodeling a building for Tandem Management Company in Portland, Oregon brought a concern to their boss: they thought they had found asbestos in the building. Thomas Clarey, president of Tandem, visited the site. According to The Oregonian, [...]
Posted on October 31, 2018 The word “legacy” carries significant meaning in asbestos-safety circles. In a literal sense, the word is used frequently in the public health jargon surrounding the carcinogenic fiber, referring to the decades-old, unregulated asbestos still present in countless American buildings. Schools built before 1990, for example, generally contain grandfathered, legal, and [...]
Posted on October 31, 2018 ADAO applauds the Australian Government for recognizing the dangers of asbestos and establishing the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency (ASEA) in 2013. As a leader in asbestos awareness in Australia and around the world, ASEA combines education and advocacy to promote asbestos awareness and management throughout the country. ASEA’s fifth [...]