Spotlight on Ghana: Flagship Country in Africa for Pure Earth’s Lead Reduction Efforts
May 19 , 2023
Esmond Quansah, Pure Earth Ghana's Country Director, highlights the pollution problems facing his country, and how his team is working to fix it. Learn more about our work in Ghana and follow Pure Earth Ghana on social media: IG, twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn..
ReadUkraine: Chernobyl and Radikal
Aug 13 , 2019
This summer, Pure Earth's head of research, Dr. Jack Caravanos, visited Ukraine with his students from NYU's College of Public Health. In addition to Chernobyl, probably the best-known polluted site in the country, the group also visited Radikal, an abandoned.
ReadMadagascar: United in Soccer and Pollution Cleanup
Aug 13 , 2019
Updated: Feb. 2020: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has selected Pure Earth’s proposal to solve Madagascar’s pollution crisis as a Top 100 in its 100&Change competition. Project co-leads on the proposal are Indiana University and the University.
ReadPlogging in the Philippines: HSBC and Pure Earth Raise Awareness About Pollution
Aug 12 , 2019
Volunteers in Quezon City (Photos courtesy of Daj Dajotoy, HSBC) This post is by Pure Earth intern Matthew Chakwin, who is studying Global Health at Georgetown University. August 2019--This June, over 130 volunteers from HSBC's water programme in the Philippines.
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