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The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) has been fighting to ban asbestos in the United States since 2004. Recently, Congress delayed the vote on ADAO’s Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act (ARBAN). We are approaching the New Year; if Congress...

The state of Montana and their former insurance company have asked the state Supreme Court to decide who’s liable for almost $100 million in damages for Libby asbestos victims. The state won a lawsuit in 2018 when the judge ruled...

District Court Judge Edward J. Chen’s decided the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must require companies to report import and use of asbestos under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) filed the petition to make...

February 28th is Rare Disease Day. This day is devoted to bringing awareness to rare diseases like mesothelioma. A ‘rare disease’ is defined as a disease that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans. According to the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) most Americans remain uninformed...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in research performed by the University of Leicester to study mesothelioma – an aggressive cancer caused by asbestos exposure. The University of Leicester is using AI to analyze the DNA sequence of mesothelioma. Their research using...

Several families in Jackson, Mississippi, are suing Frito-Lay for the wrongful deaths of family members who worked at the plant in Jackson. During the 1970s through 1990s, Frito-Lay employed hundreds of people at their plant. One of the employees during...

As many prepare to head back indoors to work and school, the last thing on their mind is exposure to carcinogens like asbestos. In the United States, asbestos was used for decades in commercial buildings. If asbestos is disturbed, the...