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Category Archives: Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP)
Database of World’s Polluted Sites Is Now Online
For more than a decade now, Pure Earth has been training and sending investigators out across the world’s worst polluted places to identify, assess and map contaminated sites that pose a health risk to communities. The effort, part of our Toxic … Continue reading
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Global Commission On Pollution May Be The Game-Changer
On Oct 1, a panel of world leaders and key experts in the fields of pollution management, environmental health and sustainable development gathered in Geneva to launch the Global Commission on Pollution, Health and Development. Like the Stern Review, which brought … Continue reading
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A Global Emergency: The Largest Cause of Death In The World Is Being Ignored
UPDATE: Our voices are being heard at the U.N. Our call to #SpotlightPollution in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is making a difference. We’ve received 26 letters of support from governments, agencies, NGOs & universities. As a result, the zero draft of … Continue reading
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(Audio) Convincing the World to Put Toxic Pollution on the Agenda for the Next Decade
We began 2014 with a message to the U.N., urging action on toxic pollution at the Seventh Session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). “The SDGs will set the post-2015 global development agenda,” says Rachael Vinyard, Director … Continue reading
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Tagged GAHP, SDG, Sustainable Development Goals, UN
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Roadmap For Pollution Cleanup in Latin America
A new report provides a roadmap that can be used to accelerate pollution cleanup in Latin America. With input from experts from seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay) and the U.S., the report examines environmental … Continue reading
Posted in Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP), Latin America/Caribbean, Reports/Guides, Uncategorized
Tagged Latin America, report, Vance Center
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Global Alliance Pushes Help for Poisoned Poor in European Parliament
How do we begin to solve life-threatening problems facing the world’s poisoned poor? Some of the world’s leading voices came together for a seminar in Brussels this October to discuss the issue. The Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) joined … Continue reading
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The Poisoned Poor – Global Alliance Highlights Invisible Sufferers
Who does toxic pollution affect the most? A global alliance has come together to issue the first comprehensive report of pollution’s impact on this invisible demographic — the poisoned poor. “The world’s poorest people routinely face the highest risk of exposure to hazardous chemicals due to their occupations, … Continue reading
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Guide To Lead Cleanup Now Available; First in Series of Global Remediation Guides
The Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) has released a technical guide focused on the containment of lead, one of the world’s worst pollutants. It is the first in a planned series of guides on best practices in global … Continue reading
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Pollution cleanup gets serious in Indonesia
July, 2013 You know that a government is getting serious about something when there are official workshops and conferences. We are glad to report that last month, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment hosted a meeting and panel discussion about hazardous … Continue reading
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Tagged GAHP, Indonesia, lead poisoning, ULAB
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