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October Health Literacy Month Part 3: Understand the Warning Symptoms for Asbestos-Caused Diseases

Posted on October 22, 2018 Health Literacy Month Landing Page October 8th - Part One: Prevent Asbestos Exposure October 15th - Part Two: Recognize High Risk Occupations October 22nd - Part Three: Understand the Warning Symptoms for Asbestos-Caused Diseases October 29th - Part Four: Finding a Center of Excellence for Treatment - coming soon! Important Notice: ADAO does not make medical [...]

2019-08-03T11:25:14-07:00October 22nd, 2018|

EPA Ignores Asbestos Risks and Significant Opposition to the Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) Agency Moves Forward on Finalization

Posted on October 18, 2018 This week the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued its Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Action, which is the OMB’s regular attempt to put all the new and final rules proposed by Federal Regulatory Agencies into one place for public viewing. Within the agenda are 150 [...]

2019-08-03T11:25:14-07:00October 18th, 2018|

Canada’s Asbestos Ban Takes Effect At The End of 2018 But Mining Residues and Chlor-Alkali Industry Granted Exemptions

Posted on October 17, 2018 In 2011, Canada successfully closed the last of its asbestos mines. In 2016, it was announced that the Canadian Government would begin to draft a new asbestos ban that would prohibit the ‘manufacture, use, import, and export’ of asbestos-containing products by 2018. Today, Canada takes its next critical step forward [...]

2019-08-03T11:25:14-07:00October 17th, 2018|

Russian and Kazakhstani Asbestos Miners and Users Convene in Efforts to Promote So-Called Safe and Controlled Use of Chrysotile

Posted on October 15, 2018 Once again, the Russian International Trade Union Alliance for Chrysotile and their Kazakhstani allies hosted an industry conference promoting the so-called safe use of chrysotile asbestos. Under the guise of the International Trade Union Conference on Chrysotile Asbestos and Safety, they desperately attempted to discuss workplace safety. As they boldly shared, [...]

2019-08-03T11:25:14-07:00October 15th, 2018|

October Health Literacy Month Part 2: Recognize High-Risk Occupations

Posted on October 15, 2018 Health Literacy Month Landing Page October 8th - Part One: Prevent Asbestos Exposure October 15th - Part Two: Recognize High Risk Occupations October 22nd - Part Three: Understand the Warning Symptoms for Asbestos-Caused Diseases - coming soon! October 29th - Part Four: Finding a Center of Excellence for Treatment - coming soon! Important Notice: ADAO does not [...]

2019-08-03T11:25:14-07:00October 15th, 2018|
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