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ADAO Statement: “EPA’s Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos is Under Intense Scrutiny by the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) and Public” by Linda Reinstein
Posted on June 10, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Linda Reinstein, president and co-founder of The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), issued the following statement in response to EPA’s Dangerously Narrow Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos. [...]
Linda Reinstein, ADAO Cofounder, Oral Remarks Regarding the EPA’s Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos
Posted on June 8, 2020 I’m Linda Reinstein, the cofounder of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) and a mesothelioma widow. ADAO, an independent nonprofit, is the only national organization dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure [...]
Robert Sussman, ADAO Counsel, Statement Regarding the EPA’s Draft Risk Evaluation for Asbestos
Posted on June 8, 2020 STATEMENT OF BOB SUSSMAN ON EPA ASBESTOS RISK EVALUATION My name is Bob Sussman. I’m counsel to the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) and was a senior EPA official in [...]
EPA Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) begins a four-day public meeting focused on the Draft Risk Evaluation on Asbestos on June 8
Posted on June 8, 2020 Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) begins a four-day public meeting focused on the Draft Risk Evaluation on Asbestos that was released on March [...]
ADAO Statement: 14 Attorneys General Urge EPA to Revise Their Draft Asbestos Risk Evaluation by Linda Reinstein
Posted on June 5, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Linda Reinstein, president and co-founder of The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), issued the following statement in response to the fourteen Attorneys General who submitted comments to [...]
Press Conference Quotes and Video of 12 Asbestos Experts Discussing EPA’s Flawed Draft Asbestos Risk Evaluation
Posted on May 31, 2020 ADAO’s Zoom Press Conference with Experts to Discuss EPA’s Dangerously Narrow Draft Asbestos Risk Evaluation was a great success. We had nearly 100 attendees spanning from journalists, to public health [...]
ZOOM EVENT: ADAO’s Clean and Toxic-Free Beauty Conversation with BeautyCounter, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, and Breast Cancer Survivor
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, June 24 at 5 p ET. Registrants will receive an email with the Zoom link and password on Thursday morning. Posted on May 31, 2020 Asbestos contaminated talc has been in the news [...]
ADAO PRESS RELEASE: ASBESTOS ADVOCATES AND EXPERTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST EPA’S FLAWED DRAFT ASBESTOS RISK EVALUATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 28, 2020 ASBESTOS ADVOCATES AND EXPERTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST EPA’S FLAWED DRAFT ASBESTOS RISK EVALUATION Doctors, Advocates and Public Health Experts Urge EPA To Protect Public Health and Fix Asbestos Evaluation [...]
Media Advisory: ADAO Hosts Press Conference to Discuss EPA’s Flawed Draft Asbestos Risk Evaluation
Due to high demand, the press conference is now only open to government employees and credentialed journalists. Registration required by May 27th at 5:00 pm ET May 25, 2020 ADAO Hosts Press Conference to Discuss [...]
ADAO LETTER: “Oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency” (EPA) with EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler
Posted on May 21, 2020 The Honorable John Barrasso 307 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 The Honorable Thomas R. Carper 513 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 RE: "Oversight of the Environmental [...]
