Posted on June 8, 2020 I’m Linda Reinstein, the cofounder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) and a mesothelioma widow. ADAO, an independent nonprofit, is the only national organization dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure and eliminating all asbestos-caused diseases. Once again, I want to voice ADAO’s deep concern about the Draft Risk Evaluation for [...]
Posted on June 8, 2020 STATEMENT OF BOB SUSSMAN ON EPA ASBESTOS RISK EVALUATION My name is Bob Sussman. I’m counsel to the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) and was a senior EPA official in the Clinton and Obama Administrations. Asbestos is not any chemical but a uniquely hazardous substance that has taken the lives [...]
Posted on June 8, 2020 Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) begins a four-day public meeting focused on the Draft Risk Evaluation on Asbestos that was released on March 30, 2020. The meeting requires registration. ADAO will be participating and submitting both an oral and written statement. Asbestos is [...]
Posted on June 5, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Linda Reinstein, president and co-founder of The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), issued the following statement in response to the fourteen Attorneys General who submitted comments to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging the EPA to revise the Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos. “The Asbestos [...]
Posted on May 31, 2020 ADAO’s Zoom Press Conference with Experts to Discuss EPA’s Dangerously Narrow Draft Asbestos Risk Evaluation was a great success. We had nearly 100 attendees spanning from journalists, to public health stakeholders, advocates, and our 12 speakers who shared insightful comments about the dangerous flaws in EPA’s draft risk evaluation for [...]