Posted on May 26,2026 Remembering a legendary public health historian, ADAO mourns the loss of David Rosner, PhD (1947–2026), whose work illuminated the hidden history of occupational disease and industrial harm. As a professor at Columbia University, Rosner was one of the nation’s leading historians of public health. He devoted his career to documenting how [...]
April 1, 2026 ADAO Letter to CPSC and EPA Posted on May 22, 2026 ADAO Warned Federal Regulators About Similar Products on April 1, 2026 On May 21, 2026, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of more than 121,000 Orb Funkee squeeze toys after testing identified fibrous tremolite asbestos in the [...]
April 30, 2026 Follow ADAO to Court: The Fifth Circuit Takes Up the 2024 Chrysotile Asbestos Rule on June 1 May 20th --- MAJOR INDUSTRY PETITIONERS WITHDRAW KEY SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGE IN ASBESTOS LITIGATION - ADAO May 6th -- MAJOR INDUSTRY PETITIONERS WITHDRAW KEY SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGE IN ASBESTOS LITIGATION Posted on May 20, 2026 2026 10-Day [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2026 MAJOR INDUSTRY PETITIONERS WITHDRAW KEY SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGE IN ASBESTOS LITIGATION Decision of ACC and Allied Chemical Trade Associations is Major Milestone In Effort to Ban Asbestos WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) today applauded the news from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and allied industry petitioners [...]
Posted on May 13, 2026 Why Nearly 150,000 Petition Supporters Still Demand: “Ban Asbestos in the U.S. Now — Without Loopholes or Exemptions” When we launched the "Ban Asbestos in the U.S. Now — Without Loopholes or Exemptions" petition on Change.org, I wrote from a place that every ADAO supporter understands. The night my husband [...]