15th ADAO Congressional Staff Briefing Executive Summary (August 2020) Barry Castleman, ScD, Environmental Consultant: Nearly 70 countries have banned asbestos. In 2019, an estimated 170 metric tons of raw asbestos was imported from Russia for the chlor-alkali industry, the sole user of raw asbestos. The chlor-alkali industry can replace asbestos with more efficient diaphragm technology [...]
Posted on August 25, 2020 2020 Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019 (ARBAN) Position Paper (H.R. 1603 and S. 717) Each year, an estimated 40,000 Americans die from preventable asbestos-caused diseases, yet asbestos imports, and use continues. H.R. 1603 was voted out of the Committee on Energy and [...]
Posted on August 19, 2020 15th ADAO Congressional Staff Briefing Presenter Biographies (August 2020) Barry Castleman, ScD is an Environmental Consultant trained in chemical and environmental engineering. He holds a Doctor of Science degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He has been a consultant to numerous agencies of the US government and other [...]
Posted on August 14, 2020 With deep sadness and great difficulty in sharing, Annamarie Kearns, a courageous Mesothelioma Warrior, passed away on August 13, 2020. Diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2014, Annemarie faced several rounds of chemotherapy and aggressive surgeries, but that never dampened her spirit, love for her family, friends, and efforts to ban asbestos [...]
Posted on August 13, 2020 Staff Briefing Presenter Biographies Staff Briefing Resources Staff Briefing Position Paper Staff Briefing Executive Summary The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization will host our 15th Congressional Staff Briefing virtually on August 25, 2020 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET to discuss new information supporting the need to pass the bicameral [...]