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L’ Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) lance sa « 22e Semaine mondiale de sensibilisation à l’amiante » du 1er au 7 avril 2026 #2026GAAW
POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE 30 mars 2026 L’ADAO annonce la Semaine mondiale de sensibilisation à l’amiante 2026 (du 1er au 7 avril) afin de prévenir l’exposition et d’éliminer les maladies liées à l’amiante à travers le [...]
2026 Global Asbestos Awareness Week #2026GAAW “Official Partners for Prevention”
Landing Page for #2026GAAW Global Asbestos Awareness Week || Asbestos: One Word. One Week. One World. April 1 – 7, 2026 Posted on March 26, 2026 American Federation of Teachers (AFT) American Public Health [...]
PRESS RELEASE: ADAO Commends U.S. Senate For Declaring National Asbestos Awareness Week April 1–7, 2026
Senators Merkley and Daines Press Release Merkley, Daines Pass Bipartisan Resolution to Designate National Asbestos Awareness Week April 1-7 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2026 ADAO Commends U.S. Senate For Declaring National Asbestos Awareness Week [...]
Two Years After the EPA Chrysotile Asbestos Rule: Why the Fight to Prevent Exposure Continues
Posted March 17, 2026 Two Years After the EPA Chrysotile Asbestos Rule: Why the Fight to Prevent Exposure Continues On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a historic rule banning the existing [...]
What ADAO Is Fighting for in March 2026: Asbestos Prevention, Policy, and Public Health
Posted on March 9, 2026 Asbestos kills approximately 40,000 Americans every year, yet it is still not fully banned in the United States. Asbestos is a known carcinogen and there is no safe level of [...]
Save the Date: ADAO’s 21st Annual Asbestos Awareness & Prevention Conference September 25–26, 2026 | Washington, D.C.
Posted on February 27, 2026 | Updated on July 1, 2026 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) will return to Washington, D.C., for its 21st Annual Asbestos Awareness & Prevention Conference, a two-day event dedicated [...]
ADAO’s Legal Advocacy in 2026: Defending Science, Enforcing the Law, and Advancing Prevention
Posted on February 27 2026 For more than two decades, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has worked to prevent asbestos exposure and eliminate asbestos-related disease through evidence-based advocacy, public education, and strategic legal action. [...]
Sen. Jeff Merkley: Championing the 21st Senate National Asbestos Awareness Week Resolution
Reports, U.S. Senate Resolutions, Surgeon General Warning Statements, and Fact Sheets from 2005 - 2025 Posted on February 27, 2026 For the twenty-first Senate National Asbestos Awareness Week (April 1–7) Resolution, Senator Jeff Merkley (OR-D) [...]
ADAO Release: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Schedules Oral Arguments in Landmark TSCA Chrysotile Asbestos Case
Tracing the Path to Progress: Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization’s Timelines February 23, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Schedules Oral Arguments in Landmark TSCA Chrysotile Asbestos Case Court to [...]
DHS Workers Raise Health Concerns Over Legacy Asbestos Abatement at St. Elizabeths West Campus in Washington, D.C.
Posted on February 20, 2026 DHS Workers Raise Health Concerns Over Legacy Asbestos Abatement at St. Elizabeths West Campus in Washington, D.C. Reports from employees at the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) St. Elizabeths West [...]