Asbestos: Are We Doing Enough to Combat
This Environmental Hazard?
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Linda Reinstein
Co-Founder/President
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
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Education Advocacy Community
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Mes-o-the-li-o-ma
CAN’T PRONOUNCE IT. CAN’T CURE IT.

20,000 Fibers
Compared to rice and hair@Linda_ADAO

31 Million Metric Tons
Asbestos Consumption 1900 - 2020@Linda_ADA

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“When life depends on it, you use asbestos.”

1989: EPA Bans Asbestos
1991: Ban Overturned After
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Asbestos: Legal and Lethal
2000, 2007, 2015, 2019
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@Linda_ADA Source: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Total
38,220

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Fenway Park Stadium Seats 37,731

Legacy Asbestos Can Be Found In …
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The Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act
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ARBAN Would
1. Ban Chrysotile, Crocidolite, Amosite,
Anthophyllite, Tremolite Actinolite, and the
Libby Amphibole (winchite and richterite)
2. Ban the manufacturing, processing, use, and
distribution of asbestos within a year of
enactment
3. Chlor-Alkali Industry transitions out from
asbestos diaphragms in ten years
4. Require a study of legacy asbestos in
structures
5. Establish a new chemical data reporting
program
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ARBAN by the Numbers
• Bipartisan Voted out of the House Energy and Commerce
Committee by 47 -1
• 65 Sponsors and Cosponsors
– 2 Sponsors
– 14 Senate Cosponsors
– 49 House Cosponsors
• 17 EPA Career Staffers
• 53 ARBAN Stakeholders and Supporters
– 18 Attorneys General: California, Connecticut, Delaware,
Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon,
Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District
of Columbia
– 29 Organizations
– 6 Labors Unions
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2019 ADAO Staff

2020 ADAO Staff Briefing
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NYTimes Op-Ed: “Asbestos Kills Nearly 40,000 Americans aYear. Ban It.”
by Former EPA AdministratorsWilliam Reilly and Gina McCarthy
October 15, 2019
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October 1, 2020
Comments about H.R. 1603
“Lead House Democrats Condemn
Republicans For Abandoning Their
Support of an Asbestos Ban”
“The Trial Bar is At It Again”
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