Ten Years After TSCA Reform: What the Lautenberg Act Has Done for Asbestos, the Poster Child of Reform Posted on May 30,2026 On June 22, 2016, President Barack Obama signed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (LCSA) into law, marking the first major reform of the Toxic Substances Control [...]
Registration Opens Soon: Join ADAO’s 21st Annual Asbestos Awareness & Prevention Conference on September 25 - 26, 2026 in Washington, DC Asbestos: Awareness, Prevention, and the Law . September 25–26, 2026 | Washington, D.C The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is proud to announce that registration is opening soon for our 21st Annual Asbestos Awareness [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2026 FIFTH CIRCUIT TO DECIDE FATE OF LIMITED EPA BAN ON CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS AND NEED FOR STRONGER PROTECTIONS At a historic June 1 oral argument, ADAO will oppose industry attacks on the EPA rule and advocate for a comprehensive asbestos ban WASHINGTON — On June 1, 2026, the Asbestos Disease [...]
Posted on May 26,2026 Remembering a legendary public health historian, ADAO mourns the loss of David Rosner, PhD (1947–2026), whose work illuminated the hidden history of occupational disease and industrial harm. As a professor at Columbia University, Rosner was one of the nation’s leading historians of public health. He devoted his career to documenting how [...]
April 1, 2026 ADAO Letter to CPSC and EPA Posted on May 22, 2026 ADAO Warned Federal Regulators About Similar Products on April 1, 2026 On May 21, 2026, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a recall of more than 121,000 Orb Funkee squeeze toys after testing identified fibrous tremolite asbestos in the [...]