VIDEO: New ADAO Video || "The Ban Asbestos Legislative Movement: From Our Homes to The Hill" Posted on June 14, 2019 Every day, 100 Americans die from preventable asbestos-caused diseases, yet imports and use continue. Shockingly, 750 metric tons were imported in 2018 for the chlor-alkali industry’s use alone. ADAO’s newest advocacy video tells [...]
Posted on June 11, 2019 La Organización de concientización sobre la enfermedad del asbesto (ADAO), por sus siglas en inglés) envía nuestras más sinceras felicitaciones a los dedicados legisladores, sindicalistas y activistas colombianos por la aprobación del "Proyecto de Ley Ana Cecilia Niño" para prohibir la producción, el uso industrial y el comercio de asbesto. [...]
Posted on June 11, 2019 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) sends our sincerest congratulations to the dedicated Colombian lawmakers, trade unions, and activists for passing the "Ana Cecilia Niño Bill" to ban the production, industrial use, and trade of asbestos. It is impossible to mention all those who contributed to this great national achievement, [...]
Posted on June 11, 2019 On Tuesday, June 11, the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee is set to hold a hearing on the mission and future of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), who is a champion of the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019, and [...]
H.R. 1603 Manager’s Amendment (November 19, 2019) FAQs -- 2019 ARBAN Key Points Posted on May 31, 2019 Updated on November 22, 2019 On March 7, 2019, the bicameral Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019 (ARBAN) (S. 717) and (H.R. 1603) was introduced by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Chairman [...]