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- Model Mafia X Pure Earth: Working Together To Fight Pollution March 19, 2019
- Women and the Fight Against Pollution March 12, 2019
- How we celebrated 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
- Toxic Legacy At 10th Century Armenian Historic Site Comes To An End With Pure Earth Cleanup December 17, 2018
- Global Team Profile: Valeriia Kovach Talks Biofuels and Other Innovative Approaches in Ukraine December 10, 2018
- A Clean, Lead-Free Mattress For His Birthday November 15, 2018
- HSBC Volunteers Take Action Against River Pollution in the Philippines October 11, 2018
- From Mexico To Brazil – Sharing Solutions To A Shared Pollution Problem September 27, 2018
- In Tajikistan, Coalition of Local Groups Unite Against Abandoned Pesticide Problem September 20, 2018
- Keeping Two-Year-Old Dexter and His Friends Safe From Lead Poisoning in Pampanga, Philippines August 13, 2018
- Pure Earth’s Toxic Site Investigators Blanket 350 Villages In The Philippines To Identify and Map Pollution Problems August 9, 2018
- Walking The Earth To Find Pollution. Meet Our Toxic Site Investigators, Watch Them In Action In Brazil (VIDEO) August 9, 2018
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How we celebrated 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
Posted in Asia, Featured Story, Uncategorized
Tagged Bihar, India, lead poisoning
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Generational Impact of Lead Poisoning in Girls
This post is from Lara Crampe, Pure Earth’s Director of Community Outreach. This photo (above) is heartbreaking for me. The young girl in pink is chronically exposed to extremely high levels of lead because families in her village have been … Continue reading
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Tagged girls, lead poisoning, women
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A Clean, Lead-Free Mattress For His Birthday
Alejandro celebrated his 13th birthday recently with a new mattress, but what he received was a potential lifetime of safe and sound sleep. He is one of about 50 children living near a lead smelter in Malambo, Colombia, who we found … Continue reading
Posted in Latin America/Caribbean, Uncategorized
Tagged Colombia, lead poisoning, Malambo, Mattress
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Keeping Two-Year-Old Dexter and His Friends Safe From Lead Poisoning in Pampanga, Philippines
This blog post is from Indigo Golub, a communications intern at Pure Earth. She is currently undergoing a bachelors degree in History, Law, and Society at the American University of Paris. Meet Dexter. The two-year-old, seen here with his mom, … Continue reading
Posted in Asia
Tagged lead poisoning, Pampanga, Philippines
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Lead Exposure Linked to 412,000 Deaths in US; On Par With Tobacco
An important new paper from Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a member of the Pure Earth Leadership Council, and a Commissioner on The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, reveals that cardiovascular impacts of lead are under-estimated by a factor of 10. While stunning, this revelation did … Continue reading
Posted in Lead, Uncategorized
Tagged heart disease, lead, lead poisoning, lead pollution, TSIP, ULAB, World's Worst Polluted Places report
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Getting Lead Out Of Sovetskoe (Kan), Kyrgyzstan
This post comes from Alena Temnikova, Pure Earth’s regional coordinator in Kyrgyzstan. When lead and zinc ore mining began in the 1950s, the first workers lived in tarpaulin tents and barracks. Then houses were built and the town of Sovetskoe (recently renamed … Continue reading
Posted in Eastern Europe/Central Asia, Uncategorized
Tagged Kyrgyzstan, lead poisoning, Sovetskoe
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Protecting Children By Cleaning Up Lead-Contaminated Yards in Kabwe
This post is from Lara Crampe, Pure Earth’s regional director for Southeast Asia. She is currently in Zambia working with the team on the second phase of Pure Earth’s remediation project in the Chowa neighborhood of Kabwe. This month our … Continue reading
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Tagged Kabwe, lead poisoning
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Notes From The Field:
It Takes A Village
The two lists you see above show the names of people in the village who contributed towards the construction of paved roads that now criss-cross the rural community of Dong Mai in Vietnam. On our recent visit, we saw lists … Continue reading
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Tagged Dong Mai, lead poisoning, Vietnam
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It Takes A Village
It Takes A Village
Notes From The Field:
In Indonesia, testing a playground, school, homes for toxic lead
A few days ago, we visited a school, playground and homes in one neighborhood in Jakarta to test for toxic lead. Children can get poisoned when they ingest lead flakes or lead dust that comes off of brightly painted playground … Continue reading
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Tagged Indonesia, lead poisoning
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In Indonesia, testing a playground, school, homes for toxic lead
In Indonesia, testing a playground, school, homes for toxic lead