POLLUTION BLOG

This is the third year of the Strengthening Health Systems to Reduce Lead Exposure project, which is designing and implementing programs that identify, monitor, and reduce childhood lead exposure. Since 2023, Pure Earth, Vital Strategies, and local project partners have been...

CLICK HERE to read the article in English. “Permasalahan utama dalam pengelolaan aki bekas di Indonesia ini adalah masih maraknya praktik peleburan ilegal.” Begitu Direktur Pengelolaan Limbah Bahan Berbahaya dan Beracun (B3) dan Non B3, Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup/Badan Pengendalian Lingkungan...

KLIK DI SINI untuk membaca artikel dalam Bahasa Indonesia. "The main issue in used lead-acid battery/ULAB management in Indonesia is the widespread practice of illegal ULAB smelting." With that statement, Ir. Achmad Gunawan Widjaksono, MAS., Director of Hazardous and Non-Hazardous...

KLIK DI SINI untuk membaca artikel dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Lead exposure remains a hidden threat to children's health in Indonesia, causing developmental delays, anemia, and even permanent nerve damage. In this interview, the Indonesian Pediatric Society (IDAI), represented by Dr....

CLICK HERE to read the article in English. Paparan timbal masih menjadi ancaman tersembunyi bagi kesehatan anak-anak di Indonesia, mulai dari gangguan tumbuh kembang, anemia, hingga kerusakan saraf yang bersifat permanen. Dalam wawancara ini, Ikatan Dokter Anak Indonesia (IDAI) yang...

After months of extensive preparation, the first phase of blood lead surveillance (BLS) pilot in Indonesia, as part of the Strengthening Health Systems to Reduce Lead Exposure project, has officially begun. The BLS pilot, initiated by Yayasan Pure Earth Indonesia...

KLIK DI SINI untuk membaca artikel dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Hendricus Andy Simarmata, the Chairman of the Indonesian Association of Regional and Urban Planners (IAP), observes that there has long been a dichotomy between environmental and economic activities. Environmental recovery is...

CLICK HERE to read the article in English. Ketua Umum Ikatan Ahli Perencanaan Wilayah dan Kota (IAP) Indonesia, Hendricus Andy Simarmata, menilai bahwa selama ini ada dikotomi antara aktivitas lingkungan dan ekonomi. Pemulihan lingkungan cenderung dilihat sebagai sebuah beban finansial....

Pure Earth is pleased to announce the launch of a new program, “Mitigating Lead Exposure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries,” being implemented in Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Peru, and the Philippines. Support for this program comes from a generous...

CLICK HERE to read the article in English. Selama puluhan tahun, Desa Pesarean, di Kabupaten Tegal, Provinsi Jawa Tengah, Indonesia, terkontaminasi timbel. Lebih dari 18.000 ton aki bekas (Used Lead Acid Batteries / ULAB) dan limbah peleburan logam dibuang di...

Preventing and reducing the adverse effects of lead exposure that is harmful to the environment and health, especially for children, is a commitment that Yayasan Pure Earth (PE) Indonesia continues to maintain. This commitment includes continuing to intervene in research...

Mencegah dan mengurangi dampak buruk pajanan timbel yang berbahaya bagi lingkungan dan kesehatan terutama bagi anak-anak merupakan komitmen yang terus dijaga oleh Yayasan Pure Earth (PE) Indonesia. Komitmen ini termasuk untuk terus melakukan intervensi dalam upaya penelitian, intervensi teknis, rekomendasi...

Budi Susilorini, Pure Earth's Country Director for Indonesia, answers 5 questions to give you  insight into her work, and the progress her team has made.  Visit Pure Earth Indonesia for updates, and follow their them on Instagram.      ...

On October 20, just days before we launched our global outreach for International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW), we received word that Pure Earth President Richard Fuller was being recognized as one of Vox's Future Perfect 50, honoring individuals building a more perfect future. In...

What a terrific team! Seven of the eight founding members of WiME (Women in Mining and Energy) in Indonesia. (left to right : Omar, Dian, Budi, Nukila, Khoirun, Dedy and Maya)   Jan. 2019--This month, a new initiative, Women in Mining...

                Pure Earth is launching the cleanup of a lead-contaminated soccer field in Cinangka, Indonesia, so that children in the village can play without being poisoned. The project, starting this month, is being...