June 28th 2023 August 1st marks the 12th annual World Lung Cancer Day (WLCD) to honor, commemorate, and support those affected by lung cancer. Each year, an estimated 34,000 Americans die from preventable asbestos-caused lung cancer, yet imports and use of the known carcinogen continue. Lung cancer is by far the leading cause of cancer [...]
June 26, 2023 The Honorable Jon Tester 311 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Tester, I am writing to you on behalf of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) to urgently request your assistance in the BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) v CARD (Center for Asbestos Related Disease) case #19-40. We kindly [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2023 ADAO & STAKEHOLDERS MEET WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO CALL FOR PASSAGE OF ALAN REINSTEIN BAN ASBESTOS NOW ACT OF 2023 WASHINGTON, DC — Today Linda Reinstein, president and co-founder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Association (ADAO), an independent nonprofit dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure, is joined by Scott [...]
Posted on June 21, 2023 Last week, ADAO and colleagues went to Capitol Hill to meet with Congressional leaders and staff to discuss the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now (ARBAN) Act and urge them to ban all imports and use of all forms of asbestos. We met with Members and high-level staffers from California, Colorado, [...]
Posted on June 13, 2023 On Friday, June 9th, 21 organizations sent a joint letter to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, as well as the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works (EPW), and the House Committee on Energy & Commerce (E&C). The letters to Congressional representatives urged them to cosponsor the [...]