Bangladesh: New Studies Reveal Alarming Findings on Lead Pollution, Need For Urgent Multi-Sectoral Actions
Oct 30 , 2023
New studies reveal devastating new data on lead pollution in Bangladesh, the fourth most lead pollution-impacted country in the world. Learn more in this post by Bushra Humaira Sadaf, Senior Communications Manager, Pure Earth Bangladesh. --- Lead Pollution is not.
ReadA Mountain Of Success in Agbogbloshie
Dec 28 , 2016
A mountain of success! Pure Earth partner GreenAd's Bennett Akuffo is shown here standing on a pile of cleanly processed plastic cable casings in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. This is what would have been burnt, releasing polluting toxic fumes, if local recyclers.
ReadIntroducing Molly Bair: Superstar Model, Pollution Fighter!
Dec 16 , 2016
After a quick lesson at Pure Earth's office, Molly shows off her skills with the XRF--a handheld X-ray fluorescent analyzer that can identify toxic particles in soil in about 30 seconds! #FightPollution with Molly Bair When you see model Molly.
ReadGetting Lead Out Of Sovetskoe (Kan), Kyrgyzstan
Dec 05 , 2016
This post comes from Alena Temnikova, Pure Earth's regional coordinator in Kyrgyzstan. The red wall of the building is made from lead-contaminated sand taken from the mine tailings. When lead and zinc ore mining began in the 1950s, the first workers lived.
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