8th ADAO Congressional Staff Briefing: “Asbestos: Impact on Consumer Safety, Public Health, and Asbestos Victims’ Civil Rights,” July 15, 2015
Speakers:
Jordan Zevon (CA)
Linda Reinstein (CA)
Ann Samuelson (OR)
Mike Mattmuller (MD)
Heather Von St. James (MN)
1. LINDA REINSTEIN
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)
President/CEO and Co-Founder
California
Linda@adao.us
Congressional Staff Briefing
Protecting Public Health
Consumer Safety
Asbestos Victims’ Civil Rights
July 15, 2015
7. Printed
• Executive Summary
• Speaker Biographies
• Identifying Asbestos In Your
Home
• Asbestos: Still Legal and Lethal
(INFOGRAPHIC)
• Constituents’ Stories
ADAO Briefing Resources
www.adao.us
Online
• PowerPoint Presentations
• GRAPHIC: Identifying
Asbestos in the Home (interior
and Exterior)
• GRAPHIC: Asbestos: Historical
Timeline
• GRAPHIC: “How Small is
Asbestos”
• Referenced Materials
8. Linda@adao.us
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
ADAO is a registered 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization
and does not make legal referrals.
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Linda@adao.us
35. LINDA REINSTEIN
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)
President/CEO and Co-Founder
California
Linda@adao.us
Congressional Staff Briefing
Asbestos: Legal and Lethal in the USA
July 15, 2015
41. Real TSCA Reform must ensure
the EPA can expeditiously review and
take action to ban asbestos
ADAO Supports: “TSCA Modernization
Act” (H.R. 2576)
ADAO Opposes: “The Frank R.
Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st
Century Act (S.697)
Linda@adao.us
42. Linda@adao.us
ADAO Supports The Reducing
Exposure to Asbestos Database Act
(S.700 and H.R.2030)
• Allows public access to an asbestos-
contaminated product database
• Protects consumer safety
• Increases transparency
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• Invades Privacy
• Delays Compensation
• Denies Justice
• One-sided Transparency
ADAO Opposes the Furthering
Asbestos Claim Transparency
(FACT) Acts (S. 357) and (H.R. 526)
ADAO was founded by myself and Doug Larkin in 2004 and is the largest independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the U.S. dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure, eliminating asbestos-related diseases, and protecting asbestos victims’ civil rights through education, advocacy, and community initiatives. ADAO does not make legal referrals.