POLLUTION BLOG

How a lead-focused exhibition is helping build awareness and action around an invisible environmental health threat. A traditional eyeliner sample tested at a lead-focused exhibition in Ethiopia registered 1,000,000 ppm of lead, which is far beyond the established limits. The...

Portable XRF Technology Will Give Environmental Authorities in Ethiopia and Ghana Faster, More Reliable Ways to Detect and Assess Toxic Pollution Risks. Detecting lead contamination is often the first step in preventing exposure, yet many low- and middle-income countries still...

Ethiopia has taken a major step toward preventing lead exposure with the development of its first comprehensive National Roadmap for Lead Exposure and Poisoning Prevention. Developed during a four-day national writeshop held in Bishoftu from 17 to 20 June 2026,...

Lead poisoning often strikes without warning. Children exposed to lead may show no immediate symptoms, leaving families unaware of the damage until it has already affected their brain development, behavior, and lifelong health. Because children absorb lead far more readily...

Across Ethiopia, an invisible threat is quietly shaping the lives of millions of children. It leaves no immediate scars and often goes unnoticed, yet its consequences can last a lifetime. Lead poisoning, one of the world's most pervasive and preventable...

Pure Earth’s training equips national experts to launch large-scale toxic site identification and exposure assessments in Ethiopia.  "I never realized how close lead exposure is to our daily lives; in the food we eat and the utensils we use,” says...

Pure Earth provides technical leadership in Ethiopia's coordinated response to lead contamination. In many communities across Ethiopia, lead contamination has long remained a silent yet pervasive public health concern, quietly embedded in everyday life through sources such as informal used...