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Statement from Linda Reinstein, ADAO, “US EPA: Chrysotile Asbestos Risk Evaluation and Management”
Posted on February 3, 2021 The statement below is from Linda Reinstein, co-founder and president of The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), the nation’s largest independent nonprofit asbestos victims’ organization in the United States, in [...]
Press Release: Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization and Partners Initiate New Legal Actions Against EPA’s Flawed Final Risk Evaluation for Asbestos
For Immediate Release January 26, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2021 ASBESTOS DISEASE AWARENESS ORGANIZATION AND PARTNERS INITIATE NEW LEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST EPA’S FLAWED FINAL RISK EVALUATION FOR ASBESTOS Trump EPA evaluation fails to [...]
Press Release: ADAO Condemns EPA for Its Incomplete and Weak Risk Evaluation for Asbestos, Citing that It Ignores Public Health Experts and Its Own Science Advisors
ADAO Condemns EPA for Its Incomplete and Weak Risk Evaluation for Asbestos, Citing that It Ignores Public Health Experts and Its Own Science Advisors Bifurcated Narrow Asbestos Evaluation Delays Steps to a Critical Ban FOR [...]
ADAO Press Release: IN A MAJOR VICTORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, FEDERAL COURT ORDERS EPA TO REQUIRE INDUSTRY TO REPORT ON ASBESTOS IMPORTS AND USES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 22, 2020 IN A MAJOR VICTORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, FEDERAL COURT ORDERS EPA TO REQUIRE INDUSTRY TO REPORT ON ASBESTOS IMPORTS AND USES Court holds that EPA’s refusal to use its [...]
ADAO President’s Statement on new Environmental Working Group study on Asbestos Contamination in Talc-Based Cosmetics
For Immediate Release: December 1, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — December 1, 2020 — Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization President’s Statement on new Environmental Working Group study on Asbestos Contamination in Talc-Based Cosmetics. “The recent Environmental Working [...]
PRESS RELEASE: ADAO AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCATES PRESENT CASE TO U.S. DISTRICT COURT TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON ASBESTOS IMPORTS AND USE
EPA WEBSITE: Documents supporting the Section 21 petition submitted by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. EPA denied the petition on December 21, 2018. Additional information on the Agency’s denial can be found below in the Federal [...]
ADAO Press Release: ADAO Applauds the Release of “Warren Zevon’s Greatest Hits (According to Judd Apatow)” to Help Ban Asbestos
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2020 ADAO Applauds the Release of “Warren Zevon’s Greatest Hits (According to Judd Apatow)” to Help Ban Asbestos Efforts Judd Apatow Teams up with Jordan Zevon, ADAO Spokesperson, to [...]
ADAO President’s Statement on The U.S. House of Representatives’ Decision to Remove the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act (ARBAN) from the Suspension Calendar Without Vote
For Immediate Release: October 2, 2020 ADAO President’s Statement on The U.S. House of Representatives’ Decision to Remove the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act (ARBAN) from the Suspension Calendar Without Vote WASHINGTON, D.C. — [...]
ADAO President Statement on The U.S. House of Representatives’ Decision to Remove the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act (ARBAN) from the Suspension Calendar
March 7, 2019: H.R. 1603 Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act (ARBAN) November 19, 2019: H.R. 1603 H.R. Manager's Amendment September 25, 2020: H.R. 1603 Rep. Bonamici Amendment Posted on October 1, 2020 ADAO President [...]
Press Release: ADAO ANNOUNCES ASBESTOS BAN BILL FLOOR VOTE AT THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES || Mesothelioma Awareness Day News Sparks Hope for an Asbestos Ban
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2020 ADAO ANNOUNCES ASBESTOS BAN BILL FLOOR VOTE AT THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mesothelioma Awareness Day News Sparks Hope for an Asbestos Ban WASHINGTON, DC - The Asbestos Disease [...]
