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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization

Victory for the public’s right to know about asbestos

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule to require comprehensive reporting on asbestos imports, use, and disposal.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: American Public Health Association, asbestos, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Working Group, EPA, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, Defend Our Health

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EPA’s action on asbestos is a good step forward but there’s more work to do

At one of his last public events, the founding director of Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Andy Igrejas accepted the 2017 Tribute of Inspiration award from Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) on our behalf. In his remarks, he made it clear that the true honor belonged to all the families who had lost loved ones to […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized, Policy & Regulation Tagged With: asbestos, EPA, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, TSCA, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization

With new settlements, EPA may finally protect Americans from asbestos

Last month, partners in asbestos litigation reached settlements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in two cases that will have far-reaching impacts on the way the EPA regulates asbestos.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: American Public Health Association, Andy Igrejas, asbestos, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Toxic Substances Control Act, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, success

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