Posted on June 16, 2022 Today, on June 16, 2022, we celebrate the sixth anniversary of President Barack Obama signing The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (“LCSA”) into law. After many years of attempts to strengthen the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), LCSA was a huge step forward in establishing a [...]
Posted on June 12, 2022 Dr. Danny Whu, IAFF, Senator Jeff Merkley, and Linda Reinstein The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) was honored to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works during the Legislative Hearing on S. 4244 — Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2022, held on [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2022 Asbestos Advocates Support a Comprehensive Asbestos Ban at Senate Hearing Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2022 Introduced by Senator Merkley Would Eliminate Asbestos Imports and Use WASHINGTON, DC — The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), the largest nonprofit dedicated to preventing asbestos caused-diseases, testified today before the [...]
Posted on June 8, 2022 To watch the hearing on June 9 at 10 am ET - click here. 2022 ARBAN Support Letters The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) was honored to testify today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works during the “Ban Asbestos Now: Taking Action To Save Lives And [...]
Posted on June 9, 2022 The Irrefutable Fact: Over 40,000 American Workers Died from Preventable Asbestos-Caused Diseases in 2019 The first clinically recorded case of an asbestos-induced lung disease was recorded over 100 years ago, in 1906. Dr. Montague Murray at London's Charing Cross Hospital diagnosed a 33-year old man who had worked in an [...]