Posted on June 21, 2023 Last week, ADAO and colleagues went to Capitol Hill to meet with Congressional leaders and staff to discuss the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now (ARBAN) Act and urge them to ban all imports and use of all forms of asbestos. We met with Members and high-level staffers from California, Colorado, [...]
Posted on June 13, 2023 On Friday, June 9th, 21 organizations sent a joint letter to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, as well as the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works (EPW), and the House Committee on Energy & Commerce (E&C). The letters to Congressional representatives urged them to cosponsor the [...]
Posted on June 13. 2023 Executive Summary Quotes Pat Morrison, Chief of Field Services, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) According to the NIOSH Firefighter study, “Fire fighters have a rate of mesothelioma two times greater than the rate in the U.S. population as a whole.” Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH, American Public Health Association (APHA) [...]
Posted on June 13, 2023 In an effort to educate our community and the general public on EPA’s upcoming rule, here’s what you need to know about EPA’s Part 1 Chrysotile Asbestos Proposed Rule and its limitations. The proposed rule is based on the EPA's completion of the TSCA Risk Evaluation for Asbestos, Part 1: [...]
Posted on June 9, 2023 2023 ARBAN Video by Sen. Jeff Merkley 2023 ARBAN Video by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now (ARBAN) Act of 2023 Resource Page History is a great teacher for those who listen. It was just one year ago today that the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) had the [...]