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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization’s New 2022 Impact Infographic: The Change You Make Happen
Posted on November 16, 2022 Donate to the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization As we reflect on 2022 coming to a close, we can’t help but look back at how far we’ve come. Over the past [...]
2022 – 2023 Mesothelioma Warrior Candle Lighting Tradition Continues on December 28 and January 4
Posted on November 16, 2022 Submit a name for the 2022 – 2023 Mesothelioma Warrior Candle Lighting List. Please note, any Mesothelioma Warrior Candle Lighting name submitted after December 15, 2022 will be added to [...]
Award-winning Photojournalist, Earl Dotter, 7th “BADGES” Poster: “Art, Advocacy, and Action” A Tribute to Past, Present, and Future Asbestos Workers
Posted on November 1, 2022 Thanks to award-winning photojournalist, Earl Dotter, “Art, Advocacy and Action” continues with his 7th BADGES "A Tribute to Asbestos Workers” poster. ADAO has been proud and honored to sponsor award-winning [...]
ADAO Applauds ProPublica’s Excellent Investigative Reporting in the Series about Chlor-Alkali Plants Unsafe and Deadly Asbestos Use Impacting Workers, Families, and Communities
“The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price” “Lawsuits: A Factory Blew Asbestos Into a Neighborhood; Decades Later, Residents Are Getting Sick and Dying” “Lawmakers and Public Health Advocates Call for Congress [...]
The Clock is Ticking — ADAO is Urging Congress to Make the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Act (ARBAN) of 2022 a Priority During the Lame Duck Session
Posted on November 1, 2022 This month, following the release of a ProPublica investigation, “The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price,” highlighting dangerous working conditions at an Olin chlor-alkali plant that [...]
Giving Tuesday: Support ADAO on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 to Prevent All Asbestos-Caused Diseases
Posted on October 29, 2022 Donate to ADAO, an independent nonprofit, dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure to eliminate all asbestos-caused diseases Use Your Holiday Shopping to Support ADAO with Amazon Smile ADAO survives and thrives [...]
2022 November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month: ADAO is Raising Asbestos Awareness and Prevention with Every Breath
Posted October 29, 2022 November is lung cancer awareness month, and ADAO wants to use this opportunity to shed light on the disease that kills more people than any other form of cancer. From the [...]
ADAO STATEMENT ON PROPUBLICA’S ASBESTOS REPORTING: “THE U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price.”
October 22, 2022 ADAO Letter to Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Capito, Chairman Pallone, and Ranking Member Rodgers in Support for the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now (ARBAN) Act of 2022 during the Lame Duck Session [...]
ADAO Looks Forward to Working with EPA’s New Office of Environmental Justice and Civil Rights
Posted on October 11, 2022 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is encouraged to learn that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established an office dedicated to protecting and advancing environmental justice and civil [...]
Lawmakers and the International Association of Fire Fighters Support Asbestos Education & Prevention in Letters to ADAO
Posted on September 29, 2022 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) was thrilled and honored to receive letters of support from various politicians and nonprofits in support of our 17th Annual International Asbestos Awareness and [...]
