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- 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
- Helping Children Break Free From Lead Poisoning in Malambo, Colombia June 7, 2018
- Pure Earth President Receives Honor from Australian Government for Service to the Environment June 6, 2018
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Former US EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy Rouses
Crowd To Its Feet With Passionate Pollution Plea April 26, 2018 - A Friendship Based On Giving Back – Colombian Star Taliana Vargas and Designer Pili Restrepo April 16, 2018
- Restoring Rainforest Stripped By Gold Mining in the Amazon March 27, 2018
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Mothers In Some Of The World’s Worst Polluted Places (Photos)
Updated 2017 We see them all the time when we work in polluted hotspots where, really, no one should be living. We see them going about their daily, often back-breaking work, many times with children in tow. These women are often too busy … Continue reading
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Top Ten List of Worst Polluted Places Generates Worldwide Attention, Triggers Renewed Focus on Global Problem
The conversation about pollution just got louder. Since 2006, Blacksmith’s yearly reports have been instrumental in increasing public understanding of the health impacts posed by toxic pollution, and in some cases, have compelled cleanup work at pollution hotspots. This latest … Continue reading
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Protecting Children in Schools
As we’ve been harshly reminded, schools can sometimes be exposed to great danger. The tragedy last month got me thinking about what we are doing in schools in Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan. Although the threat is different, the response is the same – we … Continue reading
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Surprise – Corporations NOT the Worst Pollution Problems
Contrary to popular belief, large multinational corporations are NOT the worst pollution problems. That was one of the more interesting findings revealed in our 2011 World’s Worst Toxic Pollution Problems report. Of course large corporations are associated with pollution, like … Continue reading
Top Ten Things You Might Not Know About Pollution
See updated version: 15 Pollution Facts that Might Surprise You Pollution is a topic that often gets buried by talk of conservation, climate change, sustainability and energy issues. Perhaps because it is a complex subject with lots of sources and … Continue reading
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What is Pollution?
It’s Pollution Prevention Week. Chances are, you’ve not really heard about it. In my last post, I wrote about the Brown Agenda vs. the Green Agenda. Pollution is part of the Brown Agenda. I bet you haven’t heard a lot … Continue reading
The Brown Agenda
Update: Aug, 2015. “The Brown Agenda” is now a best-selling book. Pure Earth founder Richard Fuller has chronicled his experiences doing cleanup in some of the world’s worst polluted places to highlight the issue at the ground level, and … Continue reading
Meeting President Medvedev on Russia’s Pollution Crisis
Petr Sharov, Blacksmith’s Russia and Central Asia coordinator, attended a meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 8, along with representatives from 24 other NGOs working in Russia. At the informal meeting, which took place … Continue reading
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Video: Chernobyl Elementary School, Central Square
It’s been 25 years since the meltown at Chernobyl and the abandoned town of Pripyat still echoes with tragedy. Those of you who saw our virtual tour via our blog posts of April 4 and April 6 would already have … Continue reading
Read All About it – God’s Paradise Starts to Shed World’s Worst Polluted Label
“God’s Paradise Will be Removed from World’s Worst Polluted Places” “Declared Green Zone at God’s Paradise – Happiness Where There Was Once Contamination.” “Park Provides Health at God’s Paradise” These local headlines tell the story. Twelve days ago, Paraíso de … Continue reading