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ADAO Joins the Black Women for Wellness and Nearly 200 Organizations to Demand Johnson & Johnson Halt Global Sales of Popular Baby Powder Product
Black Women for Wellness PRESS RELEASE Black Women for Wellness LETTER Posted on July 9, 2020 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), alongside nearly 200 organizations from 51 different countries, signed onto the letter to [...]
ADAO Conversation with Award-Winning Photojournalist, Earl Dotter, about BADGES: A Memorial Tribute to Asbestos Workers
GOOGLE RSVP FORM Posted on June 30, 2020 ADAO would like to invite you to join our fifth conversation on Monday, July 20 at 2:00 pm ET, this time with award-winning photojournalist Earl Dotter. Earl [...]
ADAO Hosts Zoom Conversation: Women for Clean and Toxic-Free Beauty Come Together to Discuss and Advance Prevention and Policy Efforts
VIDEO Posted on June 25, 2020 On Thursday, June 25th, ADAO hosted our fourth successful Zoom conversation to discuss clean and toxic-free beauty. We were delighted to have had nearly 40 participants join the conversation [...]
Del Éxito al Fracaso. Cinco Cosas Que Usted Necesita Saber Sobre Las Fallas En La Implementación De Los Asbestos / Amiantos La TSCA De La EPA Que Pueden Afectar Su Salud
22 de junio de 2020 Del Éxito al Fracaso El 22 de junio de 2016, el presidente Barack Obama firmó la Ley de Seguridad Química de Frank R. Lautenberg para el Siglo XXI ("LCSA") . [...]
Join ADAO on the 82nd Anniversary of the FDA Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to Talk Clean and Toxic-Free Beauty — Time to Make Change Happen
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, June 24 at 5 p ET. Registrants will receive an email with the Zoom link and password on Thursday morning. ZOOM EVENT: ADAO’s Clean and Toxic-Free Beauty Conversation with BeautyCounter, Breast Cancer Prevention [...]
ADAO Statement in Response to Four Year Anniversary of the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act and Implementation Failures
Posted on June 22, 2020 Linda Reinstein, president and co-founder of The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), and Robert Sussman, ADAO Counsel, issued the following statement in response to the four year anniversary of the [...]
From Success to Failure. Five Things You Need to Know about EPA’s TSCA Implementation Asbestos Failures that Impact You
Posted on June 22, 2020 From success to failure. On June 22, 2016, President Barack Obama signed the The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (“LCSA”) into action. This was a [...]
Remembering Professor Eula Bingham for Her Outstanding Occupational Safety and Health Work
NY Times: Eula Bingham, Champion of Worker Safety, Dies at 90 Posted on June 15, 2020 It is with great sadness in our hearts that the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) announces the passing of [...]
ADAO Joins More Than 100 Organizations in Opposing Nancy Beck’s Presidential Nomination as Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Here’s Why
Coalition letter opposing Nancy Beck Posted on Monday, June 15, 2020 On June 16, 2020 the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a nomination hearing to consider five presidential nominations for [...]
Press Release: ADAO Applauds the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) Rigorous Review of EPA’s Narrow Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2020 CONTACT: courtney@upshiftstrategies.com Washington, D.C. —“The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) applauds the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) for its rigorous review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [...]
