Join Our Mailing List

















President's Message

September was a wildly busy month for ADAO, but we got a lot done and are ready to take October head on!  Put your feet up before you start reading our Mesothelioma Awareness Month eNewsletter!

Colombia!! As an invited guest, I joined impressive experts and activists  at the University of Rosario's "Asbestos: A Silent Killer?" conference.

Mesothelioma Awareness Day was strong for ADAO's education, advocacy, and community efforts.
  • We hosted our 13th Congressional Staff Briefing , "TSCA and Asbestos: EPA's Failure to Protect Public Health,"  with nearly 40 staffers from almost 20 states attending alongside an expert panel of speakers. Following our briefing, we met with House and Senate Members and staffers to discuss new data, AHERA violations, and asbestos imports. Thanks to you, we delivered over 117,000 petition signatures  to the wonderful Senator Merkley's office and showed just how important it is that this lethal carcinogen be banned once and for all.
  • Special thanks to Sen. Durbin for allowing ADAO to honor the memory of asbestos victims with a   flag flying over the Capitol on Mesothelioma Awareness Day.
  • Lastly, ADAO also submitted a "Right to Know" legal action to the EPA demanding that under section 21 of TSCA, any asbestos user and/or importer be required to report the amount of asbestos being imported and where it is being used.
Excitement and gratitude lingers on from Miles for Meso event and Warrior Dinner. More than 100 runners dedicated their run to Warriors. 

Wait! What? Asbestos in schools, more violations, new EPA OIG report, and the LA Times published my Op-Ed.

This October we will take part in Health Literacy Month with a four-part blog series sharing information about asbestos disease prevention and awareness. The series will present information that is easy to understand and share. The four October Health Literacy Month Blogs are:
  1. Part 1: Prevent Asbestos Exposure
  2. Part 2: Recognize High-Risk Occupations
  3. Part 3: Understand the Warning Symptoms for Asbestos-Caused Diseases
  4. Part 4: Finding a Center of Excellence for Treatment
We are so excited to see the outpouring of support in our Change.org petition to the EPA, demanding we ban asbestos NOW without any loopholes or exemptions. We encourage you to continue to share the petition with friends and family so we can meet our goal of 150,000 signatures and continue to show both the EPA and the government we will not stand down until we have a ban!

Our fight continues, but yes, we ARE being heard.

Linda Reinstein,  Social Networks
IN THIS ISSUE
President's Message
Featured Video: ADAO's 2018 Mesothelioma Warrior Memorial Video
Right to Know Legal Action: ADAO and Public Health Leaders Demand More Information on Asbestos from EPA
EPA Continues to Ignore Deadly Asbestos Dangers as Seen in Two EPA OIG Reports
EPA sits back while North Carolinians are "forced to breath" asbestos for seven months
EPA Requests Snopes.com to Change Asbestos Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) Rating from Mostly True to False
ADAO in Ghana: Fighting Beyond Borders at the African Conference on Occupational Health & Safety
2018 October Health Literacy Month: ADAO Begins Four-Part Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Blog Series
Mesothelioma Awareness Month: Thirty Asbestos Facts for Thirty Days
Labor Day: Asbestos Remains a Leading Workplace Killer - Prevention is The Only Cure
ADAO Interview with Eric Jonckheere and Krishnendu Mukherjee about the Documentary, "Breathless"
3 Ways You Can Help Create an Asbesto-Free World
Earl Dotter Releases New Book: LIFE'S WORK, A Fifty Year Photographic Chronicle of Working in the U.S.A.
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization: Our Final Marathon Wasn't 26.2 Miles - It is Fighting to Ban Asbestos by Linda Reinstein
2018 Miles for Meso Race United Mesothelioma Warriors in Person and Virtually from Across the Globe to #EndMeso
ADAO Unveils New 2018 Mesothelioma Warrior Memorial Video, featuring "Keep Me In Your Heart" by Warren Zevon
"Asbestos: A Silent Danger?" Colombia: The Strength of Fighting Together & "Asbestos: ¿un asesino silencioso?"Colombia: La Fuerza de Luchar Juntos (SPANISH)
No Borders - No Boundaries. ADAO's first visit to Colombia to Participate in "Asbestos: A Silent Killer?" Conference at the University Del Rosario
ADAO Wraps Up A Successful Mesothelioma Awareness Day Congressional Staff Briefing & Other Related Content
ADAO is Deeply Concerned about Brett Kavanaugh, an Anti-Environmental Judge, Nominated for the Supreme Court
Press Release: ADAO and Public Health Leaders Demand More Information on Asbestos from EPA
ADAO Issues Statement on the New Inspector General Report Revealing Deadly Risk of Asbestos in Schools, and Strongly Criticizes EPA for Not Taking Action
LA Times Op-Ed: One-third of American schools still contain asbestos. That's unconscionable
ADAO Share Your Story: "My History of Mesothelioma" - James' Story
E&E News: CHEMICALS: Health groups seek to stop #asbestos 'wild west'
Montana Standard: In Libby, as the asbestos cleanup gets done, the dying continues
Montana Standard: Libby: Clinic fights lawsuits as it cares for asbestos-stricken patients
InsideEPA.com: Seeing Loophole, Groups Ask EPA To Require TSCA Asbestos Reporting
Noticias Caracol: El asbesto deja otra víctima y la lucha contra su uso está empantanada
Asbestosis and Mesothelioma Association of Australia (AMAA) applauds ongoing advocacy of the U.S.A 'Asbestos Diseases Awareness Organisation
EcoWatch: EPA Is Failing to Protect School Children From Asbestos, Internal Watchdog Agency Says
Global Asbestos & Mesothelioma Calendar

FEATURED VIDEO

 

EDUCATION




2018 October Health Literacy Month: ADAO Begins Four-Part Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Blog Series
Four-Part Series Features:
October 8th - Part One: Prevent Asbestos Exposure
October 15th - Part Two: Recognize High Risk Occupations
October 22nd - Part Three: Understand the Warning Symptoms 
for Asbestos-Caused Diseases
October 29th - Part Four: Finding a Center of Excellence for Treatment

COMMUNITY



ADVOCACY

 
 Related Content:
 

ADAO  PRESS RELEASES


ADAO'S  OP-ED

SHARE YOUR STORY



ADAO QUOTED IN THE NEWS

 

FEATURED NEWS ARTICLES

Asbestosis and Mesothelioma Association of Australia (AMAA) applauds ongoing advocacy of the U.S.A 'Asbestos Diseases Awareness Organisation


GLOBAL CALENDAR


October 2018:  Health Literacy Month

October 2018:  Health Literacy Month  Week 1: Prevent Asbestos Exposure

October 2018: Health Literacy Month Week 2: High Risk Occupations with Asbestos Exposure



October 1-4, 2018: UICC World Cancer Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

October 19, 2018: Patient and Carer Day in Staffordshire, United Kingdom

April 1 -7, 2019: Global Asbestos Awareness Week

ADAO Website Image
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) was founded by asbestos victims and their families in 2004. ADAO seeks to give asbestos victims and concerned citizens a united voice to raise public awareness about the dangers of asbestos exposure. ADAO is an independent global organization dedicated to preventing asbestos-related diseases through education, advocacy, and community. For more information, visit www.asbestosdiseaseawareness.org