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- Pure Earth, USC and Macquarie University Publish Landmark Lead Study in The Lancet Planetary Health Journal March 12, 2021
- Circle of Women: Creating Safe Spaces For Innovation And Health With Traditional Potters In Mexico February 22, 2021
- Stopping Dangerous Levels of Heavy Metals in Baby Food February 11, 2021
- A Year Like No Other – Looking Back and Beyond 2020 January 21, 2021
- The Ocean Pollution-Berg December 7, 2020
- An Amazonian Mining Community Fulfilling its Obligation to the Rainforest November 3, 2020
- Partnering To Solve A Global Childhood Menace: Lead August 24, 2020
- Pure Earth Collaborates On Jewelry Collection To Fight Pollution June 16, 2020
- Helping Communities Hard Hit By COVID-19 May 26, 2020
- A Mother’s Story: Hope in Kathgora, Bangladesh May 7, 2020
- N95 Masks Used For Toxic Pollution Cleanup Donated To Hospitals Amidst Pandemic April 6, 2020
- “Quarantine” Q&A Webinars Tap Pure Earth’s Global Network Of Public Health Experts April 6, 2020
- We Will Get Through This Together – Our Global Team Responds To The Pandemic March 26, 2020
- How Are You Doing? Statement from Pure Earth President Richard Fuller March 26, 2020
- Activating Communities To Solve Pollution March 12, 2020
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Pure Earth, USC and Macquarie University Publish Landmark Lead Study in The Lancet Planetary Health Journal
The March 2021 issue of The Lancet Planetary Health journal includes an important paper that supports Pure Earth’s previous publications asserting the extent of the childhood lead poisoning crisis in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The paper, Blood lead levels … Continue reading
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Circle of Women: Creating Safe Spaces For Innovation And Health With Traditional Potters In Mexico
Why are women’s circles important? Because as women, we spend our time caring for others. We take care of men, the elderly, children, but sometimes we forget to also take care of ourselves. Women’s circles are important because historically, those … Continue reading
Stopping Dangerous Levels of Heavy Metals in Baby Food
A newly released government investigative report on baby foods has revealed dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals, including lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium. It was issued on February 4, 2021, by the U.S. Congress (Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, … Continue reading
A Year Like No Other – Looking Back and Beyond 2020
At Pure Earth, we’ve defined 2020-2030 as the decade of delivering pollution solutions. Guided by CEO Richard Fuller and our new President and COO Mark Schnellbaecher, we’ve put together a ten-year strategic plan that builds upon 20 years of experience … Continue reading
The Ocean Pollution-Berg
What’s in our oceans? It’s an ocean pollution-berg and we’re just seeing the tip of the problem. A new study from Dr. Philip Landrigan and our friends at Boston College links widespread pollution of our oceans to a multitude of … Continue reading