Insulators International Invitational Symposium on Asbestos: Prevention and Policy: Eliminating Asbestos Exposure in the 21st Century

1. LINDA REINSTEIN
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)
President/CEO and Co-Founder
Linda@adao.us
Prevention and Policy: Eliminating
Asbestos Exposure in the 21st Century

2. @Linda_ADAO

3. Mes-o-the-li-o-ma
CAN’T PRONOUNCE IT. CAN’T CURE IT.@Linda_ADAO

4. @Linda_ADAO

5. @Linda_ADAO
Don't mourn, organize!

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7. 20,000 Fibers
Compared to rice and hair
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10. Legacy Contamination
Wave Three
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15,000 US Deaths Annually
Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma, Cancer of the
and Ovary, and Asbestosis

14. “During 1999–2015, the annual number of
malignant mesothelioma deaths increased 4.8%
overall”
@Linda_ADAO

15. 1989: EPA Bans Asbestos
1991: Ban Overturned After
Industry Sues@Linda_ADAO

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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Cumulative Sector Data (1996 – 2017)
Other
Chloralkali
Coating and Compounds
Packing
Gasket
Friction
Roof
Data Source: USGS

18. Linda@adao.us@Linda_ADAO

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20. Asbestos: Legal and Lethal
2000, 2007, and 2015
@Linda_ADAO

21. “Asbestos in Schools”
Report
@Linda_ADAO

22. NIOSH: “Firefighters in the study had a rate of
mesothelioma two times greater than the rate
in the U.S. population as a whole.”
@Linda_ADAO

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26. @Linda_ADAO@@Linda_ADAO
EPA’s “Asbestos Scoping Doc” Deadly Flaws
Probable Industry Exemption
Excludes Legacy Contamination
Excludes Libby Amphibole

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29. Mobilization
Strategic Grassroots Storytelling
@Linda_ADAO

30. @Linda_ADAO
Baltimore, Maryland

31. 1976-2013
@Linda_ADAO
Michael - GAJanelle - IN
Deadly Hugs

32. ADAO 2016 Briefing @Linda_ADAO

33. Bicameral Support to Ban
Asbestos
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S. 2072 H.R.
5114

34. Early ARBAN Endorsees
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American Public Health Association
Canadian Mesothelioma Foundation
Center for Asbestos Related Disease
Environmental Information Association
Environmental Working Group
Global Ban Asbestos Network
Less Cancer
National Council for Occupational Safety & Health
Natural Resources Defense Council
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families
Associação Brasileira dos Expostos ao Amianto

35. @Linda_ADAO

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39. Earl Dotter’s BADGES @Linda_ADAO

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