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FDA Recalls Toxic Tween Makeup with Asbestos, Again
Posted on June 11, 2019 Once again, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised consumers to stop using certain cosmetic products due to asbestos contamination. On May 29, and 30, 2019, the FDA recalled [...]
Remembering Janelle, Mesothelioma Warrior, on June 6th Wonder Woman Day
Posted on June 5, 2019 Janelle “Wonder Woman” Bedel was a Mesothelioma Warrior, mother, and wife from Rushville, Indiana who won the 2014 Alan Reinstein Award. This award, named after the first ADAO President, recognizes [...]
National Cancer Survivors Day, June 2nd: Celebrating Strength and Reflecting on Lessons Learned
ADAO Share Your Story Collection Posted on June 2, 2019 Each year, on the first Sunday in June, cancer survivors around the globe unite to show the world how life after cancer looks! June 2nd [...]
Top Facts about Asbestos and the Bicameral Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act (ARBAN)
H.R. 1603 Manager’s Amendment (November 19, 2019) FAQs -- 2019 ARBAN Key Points Posted on May 31, 2019 Updated on November 22, 2019 On March 7, 2019, the bicameral Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act [...]
EPA Career Staff Leak Documents to ADAO Confirming Concern Over Trump’s EPA Asbestos Policies
Posted on May 30, 2019 Sound the alarm, again. A few months ago, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) received two internal emails from anonymous sources at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that documented the [...]
“What the Merchants of Death Won’t Tell You: The Irrefutable Facts about Asbestos” an ADAO PSA
“What the Merchants of Death Won’t Tell You: The Irrefutable Facts about Asbestos” an ADAO PSA Posted on May 30, 2019 How many Americans think asbestos has already been banned? Between misleading reports about the [...]
President of Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Meets With EPA Official to Discuss EPA’S Flawed Asbestos Evaluation Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 24, 2019 PRESIDENT OF ASBESTOS DISEASE AWARENESS ORGANIZATION MEETS WITH EPA OFFICIAL TO DISCUSS EPA’S FLAWED ASBESTOS EVALUATION PROCESS Delivers Letter from 26 Scientists in Support of EPA Career Staff Whose [...]
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization’s Letter to Dr. Peter Salovey Urging Yale to Revoke Schmidheiny’s Honorary Degree
Thursday, May 23, 2019 Dr. Peter Salovey President of Yale University Dear Dr. Salovey, We are writing to once again urge Yale to rescind its 1996 honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree awarded to Stephan [...]
Asbestos Documentary ‘Dirty Laundry’ to be Screened at American Industrial Hygiene Association Annual Conference
Posted on May 16, 2019 Next week, ADAO will be attending the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) 2019 AIHce EXP Conference and Exposition. The conference, which will be held in Minneapolis, MN, on May 20-22, [...]
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Case About EPA Asbestos Failures
Posted on May 15, 2019 Thursday, May 16, will be an important milestone in our efforts to make sure that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducts a comprehensive, health-protective evaluation on the risks of asbestos [...]