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- Survey Confirms Over 1 Million Children With Elevated Lead Levels In Mexico; Pottery Is Main Source December 12, 2019
- Giving Tuesday: Why I Give December 2, 2019
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Pure Earth’s Global Mercury Program:
Success By The Numbers November 19, 2019 - Brazil: Helping The Potters of Maragogipinho Go Lead Free October 21, 2019
- Colombia Lead Poisoning: More Children Can Now Sleep Safely With Lead-Free Mattresses October 3, 2019
- Pollution and Climate Change – Twin Threats With Shared Sources, Solutions September 24, 2019
- Children’s Lead Levels Fall 42% Following Cleanup in Kathgora, Bangladesh September 5, 2019
- 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
- Rainforest Reforestation Brings Degraded Mining Sites Back to Life, Provide Models of Hope April 29, 2019
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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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“Sensationalist” claim about tanneries and pollution
We were recently criticized by an industry group of leather manufacturers for listing tannery operations #5 on the 2011 list of world’s worst toxic pollution problems. The group called our report’s assertions “sensationalist and not appropriate.” (Read our response in … Continue reading
Pollution: Top Six Toxic Threats
My last post pointed to new studies that indicate chronic mercury exposure in the U.S. has risen dramatically. In fact, mercury is identified as one of the Top Six Toxic Threats in Blacksmith Institute’s most recent report, which draws on … Continue reading
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Tagged blacksmith institute, lead pollution, mercury poisoning, Pollution Stories, toxic mercury, toxic pollution, World's Worst Polluted Places report
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Lessons from the past for Copenhagen
For the next two weeks, the eyes of the world will be on Copenhagen, where leaders of some 200 countries have gathered to try to find some kind of consensus on tackling the problem of climate change. “Unless the world can … Continue reading
Posted in Projects/Solutions, Uncategorized
Tagged chemical weapons, climate change, Copenhagen, global treaties, Leaded Gas, Pollution Stories, World's Worst Polluted Places report
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Another Chernobyl?
Recently, I’ve been working to avert a catastrophe at the Gorlovka chemical plant in the Ukraine, which we reported on in Blacksmith’s July newsletter as an “accident waiting to happen. ” This town has an abandoned munitions warehouse just on the outskirts … Continue reading
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Tagged chemical weapons, chernobyl, World's Worst Polluted Places report
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