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The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Urges U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Ban Deadly Asbestos
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Urges U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Ban Deadly Asbestos ADAO Calls on EPA to Deny Exemptions for the Chlor-Alkali Industry For Immediate Release: May 30, 2017 WASHINGTON – May 30, [...]
ADAO Met with EPA to Discuss TSCA Testing Protocol and the Dangers of Rolling Back Regulations
Dr. Richard Lemen, Dr. L. Christine Oliver, Brent Kynoch, Liz Hitchcock, Dr. Celeste Monforton and Linda Reinstein PRESS RELEASE: The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Urges U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Ban Deadly Asbestos 2017 [...]
Press Release: ADAO Urges U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Ban Deadly Asbestos and Calls on EPA to Deny Exemptions for the Chlor-Alkali Industry
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Urges U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Ban Deadly Asbestos ADAO Calls on EPA to Deny Exemptions for the Chlor-Alkali Industry For Immediate Release: May 30, 2017 WASHINGTON – May 30, [...]
2017 ADAO Annual International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference Videos are Now Available Online!
Posted on May 26, 2017 ADAO Awareness and Prevention Conference Videos ADAO is excited to present the full video collection of our 13th Annual International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference. Every presentation and event during the 3-day [...]
National Cancer Survivors Day: Celebrating Strength and Reflecting on Lessons Learned
ADAO Share Your Story Collection Posted on May 25, 2017 On the first Sunday in June each year, cancer survivors around the world unite to show the world how life after cancer looks! June 4 [...]
Earl Dotter’s 3rd “BADGES” Exhibit Featuring TSCA Champion Sen. Barbara Boxer on Display at Drexel University June 29 – September 1
EVENT PHOTOS Posted on May 25, 2017 | Updated on June 20, 2017 The third iteration of Earl Dotter's groundbreaking photojournalism series “Badges: A Memorial Tribute to Asbestos Workers," which celebrates the 2016 passage of TSCA reform, will [...]
UK Activist David Muchingami Leads Swaziland Protest Against Asbestos Mine Reopening
Posted on May 24, 2017 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is proud to sponsor an upcoming march in Swaziland against the reopening of a notorious asbestos mine. UK-based activist David Muchingami of the Zimbabwe Asbestos [...]
Legendary Journalist and Keynote Speaker David McCumber Reflects on ADAO’s 13th Asbestos Awareness Conference
Posted on May 22, 2017 As anti-asbestos advocates, we're constantly fighting an uphill battle against powerful industries with pockets deep enough to shape the opinions of the public — and lawmakers — through fierce lobbying [...]
Help Annamarie Celebrate Her Two-Year Mesothelioma Surgiversary!
Posted on May 18, 2017 Today is my second surgiversary, and I’d love for you all to celebrate with me! Two years ago today, I underwent a Pleurectomy Decortication surgery that saved my life and [...]
Asbestos Action Alliance says Rotterdam Convention itself has failed miserably as chrysotile asbestos and three other chemicals blocked again from listing, continuing to put millions of workers at risk.
April 24, 2017 Press Release: Global Asbestos Action Alliance confronts global asbestos industry – Good CoP/ Bad CoP? May 2, 2017 MEDIA EVENT NOTICE: Global petition demanding action on chrysotile and reform of the Rotterdam Convention [...]