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News Coverage in Bangladesh
- 3-day photo exhibition on lead pollution to begin in Dhaka Prothom Alo English (October 2023)
- Photography Exhibition “Solve Lead Pollution, Save Future Generations” ArthaKarcha (October 2023)
- 3-day photo exhibition on lead pollution to begin in Dhaka Bangi News (October 2023)
- Tracking down a poison: Getting the lead out of spices in Bangladesh and Georgia Environmental Health News (September 2023)
- How successful is Bangladesh in removing lead-containing turmeric from the market? Dhaka Tribune (September 2023)
- Lead Poisoning: A threat to children’s cognitive abilities: WB study Daily Star (September 2023)
- Lead pollution is killing us and our children Daily Star (September 2023)
- From lead poisoning to cardiac deaths Daily Star (September 2023)
- Lead Pollution worsening IQ loss among children, causing higher deaths in Bangladesh: Study, The Business Standard (September 2023)
- Study: Bangladesh facing severe IQ loss among children due to lead pollution, Dhaka Tribune (September 2023)
- Lead pollution must not rob us of our future, Dhaka Tribune (September 2023)
- Addressing the threat of lead pollution, Daily Sun (September 2023)
- Lead Pollution increases children’s intellectual disability risks, New Nation (September 2023)
- Lead Pollution Decreases IQ loss among children, cardiovascular death among adults, Prothom Alo (September 2023)
- 9pc of GDP, 140k deaths annually, Financial Express (September 2023)
- Lead poisoning must be addressed, Financial Express (September 2023)
- Cost of Pollution Bangladesh Cannot Afford, Financial Express (September 2023)
- Lead pollution causes IQ loss in children, increased deaths from heart diseases in adults in Bangladesh: Study, Dhaka News (September 2023)
- Soaring Lead Pollution in Bangladesh: A Threat to Health and Economy, BNN (September 2023)
- Lead pollution costs Bangladesh up to 9pc of GDP, 140,000 lives annually, Lancet study finds, Bangi News (September 2023)
- Bangladesh at dire risk of lead pollution: study, Bangladesh Post (September 2023)
- Expansion of renewable energy will improve air quality, ensure energy security: Experts, The Business Standard (July 2023)
- Illegal battery factories, lead pollution thrive as ‘unauthorised’ e-rickshaws take over streets, The Business Standard (June 2023)
- Children more vulnerable to lead poisoning, The Daily Star (June 2023)
- Documentary on childhood lead poisoning wins Grand Prix award at WHO film festival, Times of India (June 2023)
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- Hundreds of people took oath in an awareness session in Khulna to prevent lead pollution, The Business Standard (April 2023)
- Preventing, removing lead pollution stressed, The Business Post (April 2023)
- ‘Neurotoxic lead exposure harms Bangladeshi children, pregnant women’, Anadolu Agency News, Turkey (January 2023)
- Why lead poisoning is not yet confined to the history books, Telegraph (November 2022)
- Lead poisoning: Pure Earth wants us to be worried, The Business Standard (October 2022)
- Stop poisoning by lead-based paints to protect children, The Financial Express (October 2022)
- Lead poisoning: 35.5m children affected in Bangladesh The Daily Star (October 2022)
- Govt must control use of lead, shore up issues to save children, The New Age (October 2022)
- Lead poisoning: The next big threat for Bangladesh, The Daily Star (October 2022)
- Pollution In Bangladesh: The Invisible Tango With Death, The Daily Star (May 2022)
- Human chain, rally held marking ‘International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week’ The Business Standard (October 2022)
- Lead poisoning of children alarming, Daily Sun (October 2022)
- BD among riskiest as over 35.5m babies affected, The Financial Express (October 2022)
- Studies find lead in blood of children, The New Age (October 2022)
- Research: 80% of Dhaka children have lead in their blood, Dhaka Tribune (October 2022)
- Govt taking steps to check lead pollution: Minister, The Business Standard (October 2022)
- Govt must control use of lead, shore up issues to save children, New Age (October 2022)
- 100pc of children’s blood samples tested found alarming quantity of lead, The Financial Express (October 2022)
- Lead poisoning: Pure Earth wants us to be worried, The Business Standard (October 2022)
- Lead poisoning Ravaging a nation, The Daily Star (October 2022)
- Govt is taking steps to check lead pollution: minister, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha-BSS (October 2022)
- Put an end to lead pollution, The Daily Star (June 2022)
- High level of lead in blood of 3 and a half crore children in Bangladesh, United News of India (May 2022)
- Environmental pollution and public health, Bangladesh Post (May 2022)
- Pollution In Bangladesh: The Invisible Tango With Death, The Financial Express (May 2022)
- Environment pollution: 2.15lakh lives lost in Bangladesh in 2019, The Daily Star (May 2022)
- Pollution responsible for nine million deaths in 2019, The Daily Star (May 2022)
- Pollution behind 1 in 6 global deaths in 2019: Study, Daily Bangladesh (May 2022)
- Study: Pollution caused 1 in 6 global deaths in 2019, Dhaka Tribune (May 2022)
- Pollution killed nine million in 2019, Prothom Alo (May 2022)
- Pollution behind 1 in 6 deaths in 2019: Study, The Daily Star (May 2022)
- Pollution claims 9m lives each year; Africa worst affected, The Daily Star (May 2022)
- Pollution killing 9 million people a year, Africa hardest hit, bdnews24 (May 2022)
- Legalising Bangladesh ‘easy bike’ taxis could drive safer, greener industry, Thompson Reuters Foundation (April 2022)
- Awareness campaign on lead pollution held in Mirzapur, The Business Standard (March 2022)
- E-waste management in Bangladesh, The Financial Express (February 2022)
- Combating the menace of lead exposure, The Financial Express (January 2022)
- The economics of lead induced child intelligence, The Financial Express (December 2021)
- Lead poisoning Ravaging a nation, The Daily Star (December 2021)
- Harmful effects of lead on human health, Financial Express (December 2021)
- Poison in our blood, Dhaka Tribune (November 2021)
- How much lead in blood is too much?, The Daily Star (November 2021)
- Children at Higher Risk of Lead Poisoning Prothom Alo (November 2021)
- Thinking about lead pollution solution, The Daily Prothom Alo (October 2021)
- Exposure to Lead Through Cosmetics Should be a Big Concern, The Dhaka Tribune (October 2021)
- Multi-sector approach imperative: speakers, The Daily Star (July 2021)
- Lead causes 4th highest death in BD: Speakers, The Daily Observer (July 2021)
- Multi-sectoral actions needed to reduce Lead pollution: Speakers, The Business Standard (July 2021)
- Industrial waste management needs more attention: Experts, The Daily Sun (July 2021)
- Urgent attention is needed to prevent lead pollution, Bangladesh Post (July 2021)
- Experts for stronger industrial waste management, News Now Bangla (July 2021)
- Experts stressed stronger industrial waste management, Daily Asian Age (July 2021)
- Lead poisoning and stunting in Bangladesh: a missing link, The Daily Star (April 2021)
- Lead: Killer in the kitchen, The Daily Star (February 2021)
- Over 6,000 used lead battery recycling operations run across Bangladesh, The Financial Press (February 2021)
- Strictly regulate used lead-acid battery recycling: Experts to gov’t, The Business Standard (February 2021)
- ‘Regulate recycling of used lead-acid batteries’, The Daily Sun (February 2021)
- Recycled lead-acid battery putting Bangladesh in danger, The Daily Star (February 2021)
- Eradicate lead to have a prosperous generation, The Daily Star (January 2021)
- Lead poisoning of children, Science Daily (January 2021)
- Get the Lead Out: Pervasive Health Threats of Unregulated Battery Recycling, Stanford University (January 2021)
- Immunity boosting turmeric: Is Lead a concern?, The Daily Star (December 2020)
- Get the lead out!, The Daily Star (December 2020)
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