Posted on November 8, 2019 Guest Blog on Construction Executive: Challenges and Progress in Mitigating Asbestos Exposure Each year, nearly 40,000 Americans die from preventable, asbestos-caused diseases, yet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency still hasn't banned this toxic substance. Asbestos, a known human carcinogen, can cause chronic lung disease as well as incurable respiratory diseases and mesothelioma, [...]
Posted on November 8, 2019 Medium Guest Blog Post: The Tangled And Deadly Truth about Asbestos — EPA Allows Imports and Use to Continue: Most Americans think asbestos is an old story — but they are wrong. Dead wrong. Each year, nearly 40,000 Americans die from preventable asbestos-caused disease. As families care for or bury [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2019 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Applauds American Public Health Association's Asbestos Elimination Policy APHA Urges Congress to Ban Asbestos, Investigate Asbestos on Buildings, and Strengthen the Enforcement of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act Philadelphia, PA — The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) applauds and thanks the American Public [...]
Posted on November 5, 2019 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) would like to extend its sincerest congratulations to former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy on her newest appointment as the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) president and CEO. McCarthy told The New York Times that her reasoning behind joining the NRDC is [...]
Posted on October 31, 2019 With Thanksgiving around the corner and the year coming to a close, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) would like to thank everyone who has helped us reach our 15th anniversary milestone. This year, we have watched the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act make incredible progress, we took the [...]