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Remembering Dr. Morris Greenberg, Distinguished Public Health Worker by Barry Castleman, ScD, Environmental Consultant
Posted on August 22, 2021 Written by Barry Castleman, ScD, Environmental Consultant Colin Soskolne, Morris Greenberg, and Barry Castleman (2008) Dr. Morris Greenberg died peacefully on August 19, 2021. As UK Medical Inspector [...]
16th Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Congressional Staff Briefing Presenter Biographies (August 2021)
Posted on August 18, 2021 16th ADAO Congressional Staff Briefing (August 18, 2021) “Impact of Asbestos on Public Health, Environment, and Economy” Briefing Flyer Briefing Press Release Staffer Briefing Resource Page Briefing Executive Summary Briefing [...]
16th ADAO Congressional Staff Briefing Executive Summary (August 2021)
16th ADAO Congressional Staff Briefing (August 18, 2021) “Impact of Asbestos on Public Health, Environment, and Economy” Briefing Flyer Briefing Press Release Staffer Briefing Resource Page Briefing Executive Summary Briefing Presenter Biographies Briefing Blog [...]
16th Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Congressional Staff Briefing Resources (August 2021)
Posted August 17, 2021 16th ADAO Congressional Staff Briefing (August 18, 2021) “Impact of Asbestos on Public Health, Environment, and Economy” Briefing Flyer Briefing Press Release Staffer Briefing Resource Page Briefing Executive Summary Briefing Presenter [...]
ADAO Release: EXPERTS URGE CONGRESS TO ACT NOW TO BAN ASBESTOS || Congressional Briefing Highlights Human Cost of Asbestos Exposure
Briefing Recorded Video FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2021 EXPERTS URGE CONGRESS TO ACT NOW TO BAN ASBESTOS Congressional Briefing Highlights Human Cost of Asbestos Exposure Washington, DC -- Today the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization [...]
2005 – 2023 Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Conferences Honorees & Keynote Speakers
16th Annual International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference on September 17 - 18, 2021 || Live Streaming The Dr. Irving Selikoff Award 2023 | Dr. Henry Anderson 2022 | Dr. Andrea Wolf 2022 | Dr. [...]
Five Things You Need to Know about EPA’s 1989 Failure to Ban Asbestos and the 500,000 Tons of Asbestos Imported for Commercial Use
Posted on July 31, 2021 This year marks the 32nd anniversary of the last time the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tried to ban asbestos, a known carcinogen, in the United States. Three decades later, the [...]
New Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters Study Shows Even Underground Asbestos Can Become Mobilized in Water and Soil
Posted on July 21, 2021 A new study published by the Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters disproved the longstanding assumption that asbestos fibers are immobile in soils and cannot move in groundwater no matter the [...]
ADAO’s 12th Zoom Conversation Discussed The Global Asbestos Fight for Human Rights and Justice in Brazil, India, Italy, and the USA with Barry Castleman, ScD; Gopal Krishna, PhD; Silvana Mossano, and Linda Reinstein
Meeting mondiale sull’amianto: l’esempio di Casale «in rete» con Usa, Canada, Brasile e India by Silvana Mossano Posted on July 30, 2021 On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) hosted our [...]
ADAO Joins Global Experts at XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work to Discuss “USA Asbestos Retrospective 1970-2020: Consumption, Mortality, Policy, and Exposure Prevention in the 21st Century”
Posted on July 30, 2021 On behalf of ADAO, I am honored to virtually share a poster during the XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work ”Prevention in the Connected Age || Global [...]