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President of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Responds to EPA’S Inadequate New Asbestos Rule

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2019 PRESIDENT OF ASBESTOS DISEASE AWARENESS ORGANIZATION RESPONDS TO EPA’S INADEQUATE NEW ASBESTOS RULE Weak Regulation Puts Corporate Profits Ahead of Public Health Washington, DC––Linda Reinstein, president of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, the largest asbestos-victim advocacy organization, released the following statement today in response to the EPA’s publication of a [...]

admin2019-08-03T11:24:46-07:00April 17th, 2019|

Ten Ways EPA’S Significant New Use Rule for Asbestos Fails to Protect the Public from Asbestos

Posted on April 17, 2019 TEN WAYS EPA’S SIGNIFICANT NEW USE RULE FOR ASBESTOS FAILS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM ASBESTOS On April 17, 2019, the EPA issued a significant new use rule (SNUR) for asbestos under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This rule is not a ban. In fact, it falls woefully short [...]

admin2019-08-19T11:49:55-07:00April 17th, 2019|

“Fight Against Mesothelioma” || Save the Date for the 11th Annual Miles for Meso Fundraiser September 28, 2019!

Press Release: Alton Miles for Meso 5K Race to Benefit Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Posted on April 16, 2019 Registration opens on Monday, July 8, 2019. Get ready to mark those calendars for the 2019 Miles for Meso fundraiser, taking place in Alton, IL on Saturday, September 28th. This is the 11th year that ADAO [...]

admin2024-03-19T13:53:07-07:00April 16th, 2019|

EPA Administrator Wheeler Commits to Ban “ongoing uses” of Asbestos During a House E & C Hearing

Posted on April 15, 2019 On the record and circling the globe. During the recent hearing held by the U.S. Energy and Commerce House Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) asked the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a clear-cut question: “Will you commit to banning ongoing uses of asbestos [...]

admin2019-08-19T11:50:49-07:00April 15th, 2019|

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO): Top Ten Asbestos Facts (2019)

Posted on April 15, 2019 Top Ten Asbestos Facts (2019) Asbestos a known carcinogen that kills as estimated 40,000 Americans every year. All types of asbestos cause lung cancer, mesothelioma, cancer of the larynx and ovary, and asbestosis (fibrosis of the lungs). The United States is the last western industrial nation not to ban asbestos. Nearly [...]

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