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Pure Earth Ghana Participates in the World Bank Regional Dialogue on Mercury and E-Waste Pollution Management

Pure Earth Ghana Participates in the World Bank Regional Dialogue on Mercury and E-Waste Pollution Management

Nov 14 , 2024

Pure Earth was honored to participate in the World Bank Regional Dialogue on Mercury and E-Waste Pollution Management in Tanzania earlier this month. Rev. Dr. Esmond Quansah, Pure Earth Ghana's Country Director, represented Pure Earth, presenting our innovative solutions for.

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Announcing a Leadership Transition at Pure Earth: Drew McCartor Named President and CEO

Announcing a Leadership Transition at Pure Earth: Drew McCartor Named President and CEO

Oct 02 , 2024

Announcing a Leadership Transition at Pure Earth: Drew McCartor Named President and CEO Pure Earth is embarking on a new chapter as we announce the leadership transition of our founder, Rich Fuller, who will step down as President and CEO.

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Pure Earth Celebrates Launch of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future at the UN General Assembly

Pure Earth Celebrates Launch of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future at the UN General Assembly

Sep 26 , 2024

This post is written by Angela Bernhardt, Pure Earth VP of Communications. This has been an unprecedented week for Pure Earth, and all organizations across the globe working to solve the childhood lead poisoning crisis.  Pure Earth Founder, Rich Fuller.

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Pure Earth Launches Mercury Impact Assessment Project in Ghana with International Collaboration

Pure Earth Launches Mercury Impact Assessment Project in Ghana with International Collaboration

Sep 02 , 2024

Accra, Ghana — On August 27th, 2024, a significant stride towards environmental sustainability and public health was made as Blacksmith Initiative dba Pure Earth launched the Mercury Impact Assessment Study Project in Accra. The project, funded by the Foreign Commonwealth.

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Research Brief: How Are Malawi’s Rural Solar Energy Systems and Lead Poisoning Connected? 

Research Brief: How Are Malawi’s Rural Solar Energy Systems and Lead Poisoning Connected? 

Aug 21 , 2024

Research Brief: How Are Malawi's Rural Solar Energy Systems and Lead Poisoning Connected?  By Dr. Christopher Kinally, Guest Author, Pure Earth Researcher Note from the author: This blog summarises my PhD research at the University of Manchester which investigates the.

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Pure Earth’s Evolution Over 25 Years: A Q&A with Executive Director Drew McCartor 

Pure Earth’s Evolution Over 25 Years: A Q&A with Executive Director Drew McCartor 

Jul 12 , 2024

Pure Earth's Evolution Over 25 Years: A Q&A with Executive Director Drew McCartor  To commemorate our efforts to solve pollution over 25 years, we sat down with Executive Director Drew McCartor to hear about Pure Earth’s journey from a small.

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Pure Earth Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Solving Pollution

Pure Earth Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Solving Pollution

Jun 04 , 2024

Pure Earth Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Solving Pollution Join us in taking a look at where we’ve been, and where we’re headed A lot has changed since Australian environmental engineer Richard Fuller founded Pure Earth in 1999, then called Blacksmith.

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Pure Earth Ghana Signs Declaration of National Action Plan to Reduce Lead Poisoning

Pure Earth Ghana Signs Declaration of National Action Plan to Reduce Lead Poisoning

Aug 25 , 2023

In a historic move to protect the health of Ghana’s children, Pure Earth, Blacksmith Initiative, alongside UNICEF and the Ghana Health Service, has signed a Declaration of National Action against Lead Poisoning. This crucial step was announced on 24th August.

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Thank You, Sen. Patrick Leahy, for Your Support and Actions To Curtail Global Lead Pollution

Thank You, Sen. Patrick Leahy, for Your Support and Actions To Curtail Global Lead Pollution

Dec 15 , 2022

Below is our letter to the editor published in Vermont's Brattleboro Reformer on Dec. 13, and in the Bennington Banner on Dec. 14, 2022. Dear Editor: We would like to publicly thank Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy for his long-standing and.

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Ghana: Pure Earth School Clubs in Ghana: Where Children Learn about Pollution to Safeguard Their Future

Ghana: Pure Earth School Clubs in Ghana: Where Children Learn about Pollution to Safeguard Their Future

Aug 01 , 2022

The Pure Earth Club is a school club comprised of students who are being taught and nurtured to love their environment and to protect it through the reduction of pollution, not only by words but by action. They are supervised.

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Republic of Georgia: Solving the Mystery of Widespread Lead Poisoning in Georgian Children

Republic of Georgia: Solving the Mystery of Widespread Lead Poisoning in Georgian Children

May 03 , 2022

In 2019, the Republic of Georgia faced a childhood lead poisoning crisis.  A national survey had revealed that 41% of children ages 2-7 in the country had blood lead levels at or above 5 μg/dL (the level at which the.

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Pure Earth, USC and Macquarie University Publish Landmark Lead Study in The Lancet Planetary Health Journal

Pure Earth, USC and Macquarie University Publish Landmark Lead Study in The Lancet Planetary Health Journal

Mar 12 , 2021

The March 2021 issue of The Lancet Planetary Health journal includes an important paper that supports Pure Earth’s previous publications asserting the extent of the childhood lead poisoning crisis in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The paper, Blood lead levels.

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