Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is a nonprofit organization in the U.S. dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure, eliminating asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma, and protecting asbestos victims' civil rights through education, advocacy and community initiatives.[1] ADAO was founded by Linda Reinstein and Doug Larkin in 2004 and is headquartered in Redondo Beach, California. It is led by three boards (Board of Directors, Science Advisory Board, and Prevention Advisory Board.

Asbestos awareness training

Every employer must make sure that anyone who is liable to disturb asbestos during their normal work, or who supervises those employees, gets the correct level of information, instruction and training so that they can work safely and competently without risk to themselves or others. Workers and supervisors must be able to recognise asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and know what to do if they come across them to protect themselves and others.[2]

Information, instruction and training for asbestos awareness is intended to give workers and supervisors the information they need to avoid work that may disturb asbestos during any normal work which could disturb the fabric of a building or other item which might contain asbestos. It will not prepare workers, or self-employed contractors, to carry out work with asbestos-containing materials. If a worker is planning to carry out work that will disturb ACMs, further information, instruction and training will be needed.[2]

Events and programs

ADAO has:

  • Held 16 annual Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conferences.
  • Organized the first 2021 "Asbestos: Art, Advocacy, and Action" Film Festival.
  • Championed 16 U.S. Senate annual National Asbestos Awareness Week (April 1–7) Resolutions
  • Organized Global Asbestos Awareness Week educational campaigns.
  • Produced numerous Public Service Announcements such as “What the Merchants of Death Won’t Tell You: The Irrefutable Facts about Asbestos".
  • Presented at legislative hearings and medical symposiums in more than 20 countries including being invited to testify before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.[3]

References
  1. ADAO Guidestar reference page, linked on May 7, 2015
  2. "Asbestos information, instruction and training". www.hse.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2021. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. Crown copyright.
  3. An Examination of the Health Effects of Asbestos and Methods of Mitigating Such Impacts, June 8, 2007, Committee Agenda
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