Posted on May 30, 2019 Sound the alarm, again. A few months ago, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) received two internal emails from anonymous sources at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that documented the deep concerns of the agency’s career staff about their failure to take effective action on asbestos under the Toxic Substances [...]
Thursday, May 23, 2019 Dr. Peter Salovey President of Yale University Dear Dr. Salovey, We are writing to once again urge Yale to rescind its 1996 honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree awarded to Stephan Schmidheiny, owner of the global Eternit enterprise, in 1996. Yale was clearly conned by this asbestos billionaire in his rebranding [...]
Posted on May 15, 2019 Thursday, May 16, will be an important milestone in our efforts to make sure that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducts a comprehensive, health-protective evaluation on the risks of asbestos under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On the 16th, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [...]
Press Release: Landmark U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Legislative Hearing for the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act; First Ban Asbestos Hearing in the House Demonstrates Bipartisan Concern about the Dangers of Asbestos and Inadequate Action by the EPA Posted on May 13, 2019 On Wednesday, May 8th, I had the immense honor of [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2019 PRESIDENT OF ASBESTOS DISEASE AWARENESS ORGANIZATION TESTIFIES IN SUPPORT OF ALAN REINSTEIN BAN ASBESTOS NOW ACT New Data Shows 1 Million Americans Have Died from Asbestos-Related Diseases Washington, DC––Linda Reinstein, president of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, the largest asbestos-victim advocacy organization, released the following statement today in advance [...]