Reinstein: 2022 Global Asbestos Awareness Week “Partnering for Prevention”

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2022 Global Asbestos
Awareness Week
“Partnering for Prevention”

2. Global Asbestos Awareness Week
#2022GAAW

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Asbestos Disease Awareness
Organization
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ADAO does not make legal referrals
Education Advocacy Community
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5. 20,000 Fibers
Compared to rice and hair
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6. Asbestos Timeline
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7. This Week: EPA Released a Proposal
• Ban on chrysotile
asbestos for six
conditions of use
• More is needed
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8. Asbestos: Legal and Lethal
2000, 2007, 2015, 2019
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9. Legacy Asbestos Can Be Found In …
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12. 255k
Global: Asbestos Impact
$
70
Annual Workers’
Deaths
Worldwide
Economic Loss
and Access to Care
Countries that
have Banned Asbestos
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14. SOURCE: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
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15. Take Home Exposure: From Worker to Family
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17. GAAW Highlights
• Partnering for Prevention
• Asbestos Victims’ Stories
• Social Media & Infographics
• Multilingual Educational Resources
• Art and Advocacy
Collaboration. Communication.
Action.
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18. 1989
USA: Asbestos Prevention & Policy
5
17
1st U.S. Asbestos Ban
Failed in 1991
Alan Reinstein Ban
Asbestos Now Acts
Asbestos Awareness
Week Resolutions
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19. ADAO: Collective Activism
No Boundaries. No Borders.
• Annual Conferences
• Zoom Conversations & Virtual
Events
• Digital Storytelling and Graphics
• Monthly eNewsletters
• Asbestos Art Festivals
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20. ADAO v. EPA Cases
Actions and Outcomes
2018 -- WON
ASBESTOS DISEASE AWARENESS ORGANIZATION, v EPA
Case 19-cv-00871
Section 21 of TSCA
Require reporting on asbestos use and exposure under EPA’s Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule
2021 -- WON
ASBESTOS DISEASE AWARENESS ORGANIZATION, v EPA
Case 3:21-cv-03716
Section 20 of TSCA
Compel EPA to perform their nondiscretionary duty to address the use and disposal of “legacy” asbestos in
EPA’s risk evaluation for asbestos under TSCA .
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21. What’s your vision for
partnering for
prevention?
How can OSH Africa
and ADAO Help?
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