Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) was founded by Linda Reinstein and Doug Larkin in 2004 and is headquartered in Redondo Beach, California. ADAO is the largest independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit 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.

ADAO provides reliable and regularly updated educational resources on their website (www.adao.us) and in their YouTube resource library. They engage community via a strong and consistent social media presence and by collecting and highlighting personal stories from asbestos victims around the globe through the robust Share Your Story platform. ADAO uses these stories to highlight the personal impact of the asbestos man-made disaster if efforts to ban on asbestos.

ADAO is led by three boards (Board of Directors, Science Advisory Board, and Prevention Advisory Board), as well as a nationwide State Leadership Team made up of asbestos victims and advocates. Linda Reinstein, ADAO President and Co-Founder, has been invited to and 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,United Nations World Congress on Health and Safety, American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Annual Meeting & Exposition, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) Conference on Worker Safety and Health, International Mesothelioma Interest Group (iMig) Conference, Occupational Cancer Research Center (Canada), World Ban Asbestos Congress in Pakistan, International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, and others.

ADAO was founded to give asbestos victims and concerned citizens a united voice, to raise public awareness about the dangers of asbestos exposure, and to work towards a global asbestos ban. ADAO is dedicated to preventing asbestos-caused diseases through national and international education, advocacy, and community initiatives.

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