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Excellent Investigative Reporting From ProPublica and NPR Again Confirms What We Know- There Is No Safe Level of Asbestos Exposure or “Controlled Use”

Posted on December 14, 2022 ProPublica has now released several important pieces, including an in-depth investigation, that focused on the dangerous asbestos exposure from chlor-alkali plants using asbestos diaphragms. Their excellent investigations confirmed, once again, that there is no safe level of asbestos exposure and there is no such thing as “safe or controlled use.” [...]

admin2022-12-14T18:34:32-08:00December 14th, 2022|

ADAO STATEMENT re: ProPublica’s Latest Investigative Reporting on Asbestos Exposure in Olin’s Alabama Chlor-Alkali Plant

Posted on December 7, 2022 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 response to ProPublica’s detailed investigative report, Workers Across America Break Their Silence on Decades of Asbestos Exposure, that [...]

admin2023-03-13T08:18:53-07:00December 7th, 2022|

Remembering Bracy Borel, Insulator Union Member, Leader in Asbestos Awareness, Prevention & Justice, and Friend

Bracy Borel’s Memorial Donation Page Posted on December 2, 2022 With deep sadness, we share the news that Bracy Borel, son of Clarence Borel, passed away in his home on November 9, 2022. The Borel family changed the face of the fight against asbestos. Like his father, Bracy worked as an insulator and was exposed [...]

admin2023-01-12T09:33:04-08:00December 2nd, 2022|

ADAO’s Announces its Newest Individualized Legacy Donation Page

Posted on November 29, 2022 Individualized Legacy Donation Pages As we reflect on ADAO’s work and advocacy this year, we are excited share a tool on our website that links us together as a community: Individualized Legacy Donation Pages. Community members can use this tool on our website to honor those who have passed on [...]

admin2023-01-12T09:33:20-08:00November 29th, 2022|

ADAO Congratulates Brazil and ABREA for the Brazil Superior Court Justice Ruling to Stop Mining, Exporting, and Processing Asbestos!

Posted on November 29, 2022 On behalf of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), we would like to send a massive congratulations to our friends in Brazil, following the news that Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice has ordered the immediate closure of asbestos mining, processing, and export. This is a huge win for the public [...]

admin2022-12-06T07:00:30-08:00November 29th, 2022|

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Excellent Investigative Reporting From ProPublica and NPR Again Confirms What We Know- There Is No Safe Level of Asbestos Exposure or “Controlled Use”

ADAO STATEMENT re: ProPublica’s Latest Investigative Reporting on Asbestos Exposure in Olin’s Alabama Chlor-Alkali Plant

Remembering Bracy Borel, Insulator Union Member, Leader in Asbestos Awareness, Prevention & Justice, and Friend

ADAO’s Announces its Newest Individualized Legacy Donation Page

ADAO Congratulates Brazil and ABREA for the Brazil Superior Court Justice Ruling to Stop Mining, Exporting, and Processing Asbestos!