Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Goals
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is the largest independent asbestos victims’ organization in the U.S. It was founded in 2004 to give asbestos victims and concerned citizens a united voice, to raise public awareness about the dangers of asbestos exposure and to work towards a global asbestos ban. ADAO is dedicated to preventing consumer, environmental and occupational asbestos-caused diseases through national and international education, advocacy, and community initiatives. Read more about ADAO and “Who We Are”.
Recent Posts
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”) […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
