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ADAO Applauds ProPublica’s Excellent Investigative Reporting in the Series about Chlor-Alkali Plants Unsafe and Deadly Asbestos Use Impacting Workers, Families, and Communities

“The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price” “Lawsuits: A Factory Blew Asbestos Into a Neighborhood; Decades Later, Residents Are Getting Sick and Dying” “Lawmakers and Public Health Advocates Call for Congress to Finally Ban Asbestos” ADAO ARBAN Letter to House E&C and Senate EPW Committee Leadership Posted on October 31, 2022 [...]

admin2023-03-13T09:08:08-07:00November 1st, 2022|

The Clock is Ticking — ADAO is Urging Congress to Make the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Act (ARBAN) of 2022 a Priority During the Lame Duck Session

Posted on November 1, 2022 This month, following the release of a ProPublica investigation, “The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price,” highlighting dangerous working conditions at an Olin chlor-alkali plant that used asbestos diaphragms until it’s closure last year, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) sent a letter to House E&C [...]

admin2024-04-11T14:20:39-07:00November 1st, 2022|

Giving Tuesday: Support ADAO on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 to Prevent All Asbestos-Caused Diseases

Posted on October 29, 2022 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 ADAO survives and thrives because of generous donations from our supporters, loved ones, community members, organizations, and other nonprofits. As a small and independent [...]

admin2022-11-01T11:01:51-07:00October 25th, 2022|

2022 November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month: ADAO is Raising Asbestos Awareness and Prevention with Every Breath

Posted October 29, 2022 November is lung cancer awareness month, and ADAO wants to use this opportunity to shed light on the disease that kills more people than any other form of cancer. From the Lung Cancer Research Foundation, reports show: Lung Cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide An estimated 236,740 people [...]

admin2022-12-07T13:58:18-08:00October 25th, 2022|

ADAO STATEMENT ON PROPUBLICA’S ASBESTOS REPORTING: “THE U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price.”

October 22, 2022 ADAO Letter to Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Capito, Chairman Pallone, and Ranking Member Rodgers in Support for the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now (ARBAN) Act of 2022 during the Lame Duck Session FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2022 The following statement is from Linda Reinstein, President and Co-Founder of the Asbestos Disease [...]

admin2022-10-25T12:20:03-07:00October 20th, 2022|

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ADAO Applauds ProPublica’s Excellent Investigative Reporting in the Series about Chlor-Alkali Plants Unsafe and Deadly Asbestos Use Impacting Workers, Families, and Communities

The Clock is Ticking — ADAO is Urging Congress to Make the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Act (ARBAN) of 2022 a Priority During the Lame Duck Session

Giving Tuesday: Support ADAO on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 to Prevent All Asbestos-Caused Diseases

2022 November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month: ADAO is Raising Asbestos Awareness and Prevention with Every Breath

ADAO STATEMENT ON PROPUBLICA’S ASBESTOS REPORTING: “THE U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price.”