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Bihar, India: How we celebrated a community, and helped them take action on lead poisoning
It was a day to remember. The celebration in the public town square of Karmalichak, a community in Patna, in the state of Bihar, India, was not only fun, but potentially life-changing. Organized by our local partner, the Institute of … Continue reading
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Looking For Lead? No Problem! Quickest Discovery In Two Decades
This post is from Andrew McCartor, Pure Earth’s Regional Director for South Asia. Finding and confirming pollution can be difficult because polluters don’t advertise their activities, and many toxic pollutants are invisible and thus require sophisticated equipment to analyze. Pure Earth … Continue reading
In Bihar, Toxic Lead 150 Times Over Limit
This man is “cooking” lead by the side of a busy road. This is a fairly common scene in Hajipur, home to many of the 40 informal and unregulated recyclers of used lead-acid batteries (ULAB) in Bihar, India. In this densely … Continue reading
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Two Studies Reveal The Risks of India’s Unseen Pollution Menace
In India, Pure Earth has been working closely with local officials, industry and other stakeholders on the widely-documented problem of toxic pollution in the country. In fact the government is planning on prioritizing the top ten worst polluted sites in the country for cleanup, … Continue reading
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A Shower of Toxic Lead and the Mystery of Nine Dead Cows
This is the second post from Sarita Gupta, Blacksmith’s India director, from her recent trip visiting lead smelters in India. I work for Blacksmith Institute, which cleans up toxic pollution around the world. I never imagined sitting in my New … Continue reading
What I Wore in Jaipur… and Why it Matters
Sarita Gupta, Blacksmith’s India director, contributes this post from India. The fabled land of Rajasthan is known, among other things, for its vividly colored clothing. So when the opportunity came to travel for work to Jaipur, I … Continue reading
Report from India: Lead Battery Recycling the Right and Wrong Way
This report is from Conrad Meyer, chair of Blacksmith’s board of directors, who is currently in India with Blacksmith. Last week, we traveled to India to meet with the senior management of Gravita, an environmentally friendly recycler of used lead … Continue reading
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India’s Amazing Pollution Story
Our latest post appeared in the Indiaspora blog, reproduced below. Join us on May 7, 2013 for Blacksmith’s Benefit for India. An Undesirable Export Recently, the nonprofit I work with received a letter from a man who said he was … Continue reading
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Blacksmith’s Pollution Tipping Point with Karti Sandilya
In Malcolm Gladwell’s bestselling book The Tipping Point, he describes how little things can make a big difference, and he points to “connectors” – people who provide links to others – as a crucial element for bringing something to a … Continue reading
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Tagged blacksmith institute, India, Karti Sandilya, legacy pollution, Malcolm Gladwell, Pollution Stories
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A Solution To India’s Pollution Nightmare
I recently came across the article India’s Pollution Nightmare: Can it be Tackled?, in which the author, Govindasamy Agoramoorthy, talks about three big perils plaguing India – polluting tanneries, lead contamination from informal battery recycling, and riverside industries that dump toxic waste into … Continue reading