Career
Reinstein is also primarily responsible for organizing ADAO"s Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference, an annual international scientific, medical and patient conference now in its 11th year. In 2003, Linda"s husband Alan was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma. In 2004, she co-founded the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) to reach out to others affected by the disease.
Reinstein has written numerous articles, produced anti-asbestos videos and is active on social media working towards a ban on the world-wide use of asbestos.
Speaking on behalf of ADAO, Reinstein has made numerous presentations throughout the United States., and in South Africa, Japan, Turkey, Mexico, Thailand, The Netherlands, France, China, Italy, India, Brazil, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, Germany, and England. Reinstein is regularly invited to speak on behalf of the ADAO including at the following recent events:
United Nations Rio + 20 Peoples Summit: “The Future We Want is Free of Asbestos”, Rio de Janeiro, June, 2012
United States. Senate: Environmental and Public Works (EPW) Hearings June, 2007 and July 2013
United States. House of Representatives Hearing February 2008
United States. Congressional Staff Briefings:
SENATE: January 2012 Senate Staff Briefing and July 2013 Senate Staff Briefing
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES: June 2010 House Staff Briefing and July 2012 House Staff Briefing
United States. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration hearings in 2010
TEDx, Manhattan Beach, California, 2010
British House of Commons (2007)
California State Assembly’s Natural Resources Committee (June, 2010)
Mexico City Parliament
United Nations IX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work
International Mesothelioma Interest Group (iMig) South Africa, 2014, Kyoto, 2010, Amsterdam, 2008
American Public Health Association (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Global Health & Innovation Conference, Yale University (2012), Yale University (2013)
Asian Ban Asbestos Network (A-BAN) Conference (2009 Hong Kong) (2012 India)
11th Annual Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization’s International Asbestos Awareness Conference (2004)
4th International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (2014)
5th International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (2015).