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- Ukraine: Chernobyl and Radikal August 13, 2019
- Madagascar: United in Soccer and Pollution Cleanup August 13, 2019
- Plogging in the Philippines: HSBC and Pure Earth Raise Awareness About Pollution August 12, 2019
- Pure Earth Pollution Experts From Around The World Gather To Share Stories: VIDEO July 9, 2019
- Two Pesticide Cleanups and a Wedding in Tajikistan, Near the Afghan Border June 17, 2019
- Lead Poisoning in Newborns: The Story Of Baby X in Mexico May 23, 2019
- Pure Earth Day: Hundreds Mobilized for Pokemon Go Pollution Cleanups and more May 6, 2019
- Models of Hope: Rainforest Reforestation Brings Degraded Mining Sites Back to Life April 29, 2019
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20 Years of Pollution Solutions:
Celebrating our Impact, Building Momentum April 15, 2019 - Meet the Model Mafia: Working With Pure Earth To Fight Pollution March 19, 2019
- Women and the Fight Against Pollution March 12, 2019
- Bihar, India: How we celebrated a community, and helped them take action on lead poisoning March 8, 2019
- Generational Impact of Lead Poisoning in Girls February 25, 2019
- Empowering Women Gold Miners in Indonesia January 21, 2019
- New Report Shows How We Are All Connected By Pollution; And Reveals What We Can Do January 10, 2019
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Children’s Lead Levels Fall 42% Following Cleanup in Kathgora, Bangladesh
When we returned to the small village of Kathgora, Bangladesh, just months after our remediation work, we found to our delight that the impact was already measurable in the healthier children we saw. Before our cleanup, tests of 75 children … Continue reading
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Ukraine: Chernobyl and Radikal
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, Dr. Caravanos also met with Pure Earth’s … Continue reading
Madagascar: United in Soccer and Pollution Cleanup
Andrew McCartor, Pure Earth’s director of global policy and planning, traveled to Madagascar to lead a meeting organized by UNICEF that brought together over 66 representatives from more than 34 agencies, organizations and businesses to discuss the country’s pollution challenges … Continue reading
Plogging in the Philippines: HSBC and Pure Earth Raise Awareness About Pollution
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 did some plogging to raise awareness about pollution for Pure … Continue reading
Pure Earth Pollution Experts From Around The World Gather To Share Stories: VIDEO
Pure Earth pollution experts from around the world recently gathered in New York to share updates on the progress being made solving pollution problems in their home communities and in countries spread out over five continents. The event, held at … Continue reading