Posted on November 21, 2017 As we approach the close of 2017 — a rollercoaster of a year if there's ever been one — I can’t help but look back at how far we’ve come. If nothing else this past year, we proved how POWERFUL we as a community have made the voice of asbestos [...]
Posted on November 16, 2017 Deadline: December 10, 2017 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is working fast and hard to build continued support for S.2072, the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2017 (ARBAN), the ban asbestos bill introduced in the Senate on Nov. 2. View the official bill online here. As part [...]
Posted on November 13, 2017 APHA presenters and moderator from the "Making TSCA Matter to Workers and Families," session: Patrice Sutton, University of California, San Francisco; John Morawetz, Intl. Chemical Workers Union; Eve Gartner, Eartjustice; Rebecca Reindel, AFL-CIO, and Linda Reinstein, ADAO The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) was honored to join public health leaders [...]
Press Release: The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Applauds Sen. Merkley and Original Cosponsors for Introducing The Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act Posted on November 13, 2017 Linda with Sen. Jeff Merkley Since the inception of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), Congressional champions have been instrumental to our work. Last week, [...]
Press Release |U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon: "SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO BAN ASBESTOS, PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH" For Immediate Release: November 2, 2017 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Applauds Sen. Merkley and Original Cosponsors for Introducing The Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act Bill Expedites the Ability for the EPA to Ban Asbestos November [...]