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Global Alliance Succeeds In Shaping Sustainable Development Goals

Oct 28 , 2021

Amazing things can happen when we work together as a global alliance.  The agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that was just adopted, entitled "Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development," reflects input from our multi-year campaign to ensure that.

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Cleanup To Begin At One of World’s Worst Polluted Rivers

Oct 28 , 2021

I am happy to announce that we are one step closer to cleaning up the Marilao, Meycauyan and Obando (MMO) river system in the Philippines, one of the world's worst polluted rivers, with a projected $50 million grant from the.

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Bangladesh: Communities Learn To Fight Rice Husk Pollution

Bangladesh: Communities Learn To Fight Rice Husk Pollution

Oct 18 , 2021

Hot and toxic piles of rice husk ash pollute and threaten rice-producing communities in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is the world's third-largest rice producer, with 36 million metric tons of rice produced in 2020 alone. This bounty has come at a cost.

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Republic of Georgia: Pure Earth Supports National Effort to Eliminate Lead from Homes

Republic of Georgia: Pure Earth Supports National Effort to Eliminate Lead from Homes

Oct 13 , 2021

In 2020, Pure Earth investigators unraveled the mystery of widespread lead poisoning in Georgian children. They traced the problem to contaminated spices. The source of the problem, Pure Earth and partners discovered, was lead chromate, a dye added to spices to.

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