ADAO’s 8th Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference, “Asbestos: An International Public Health Crisis,” to be held March 30 – April 1, 2012, will bring together some of the world’s greatest minds to discuss the impact of asbestos on public health, the environment, and the economy. To get an idea of the exceptional speakers you’ll see this year, view a presentation from last year’s 2011 Asbestos Awareness Conference, “The Criminal Trial of Stephan Schmidheiny” by Barry Castleman ScD.

Barry Castleman, ScD, is an Environmental Consultant trained in chemical and environmental engineering.  He holds a Doctor of Science degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He has been a consultant to numerous agencies of the US government and other governments, international bodies, and environmental groups dealing with a wide range of public health issues. He has testified as an expert in civil litigation in the US, on the history of asbestos as a public health problem and the reasons for failures to properly control asbestos hazards. Dr. Castleman has spent the past 35 years working on asbestos as a public health problem.

Join us at this year’s conference in Los Angeles, March 30 – April 1!