dr. Ade Mutiara, MKK, SpOk: Pentingnya Menyorot Penyakit Akibat Kerja (PAK) dari Paparan Logam Berat, Termasuk Timbal (Pb)
Oct 13 , 2024
Penerapan program kesehatan kerja di Indonesia masih menghadapi berbagai tantangan. Tantangan terbesar menurut dr. Ade Mutiara, MKK, SpOk, praktisi Kesehatan dan Keselamatan Kerja (K3), adalah bagaimana meyakinkan manajemen perusahaan bahwa kesehatan kerja adalah hal yang penting. Perusahaan cenderung hanya memperhatikan.
ReadHidden Dangers: The Alarming Rise of Lead in Everyday Metal Food Ware
Oct 09 , 2024
Hidden Dangers: The Alarming Rise of Lead in Everyday Metal Food Ware This post is written by Emershia Sharmine, Program Manager, Pure Earth Tamil Nadu and Bhaskar Raj , Program Officer, Pure Earth Tamil Nadu Pic 1: Shelves with metal cookware.
ReadPure Earth Celebrates Launch of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future at the UN General Assembly
Sep 26 , 2024
Pure Earth Celebrates Launch of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future at the UN General Assembly This post is written by Angela Bernhardt, Pure Earth VP of Communications. This has been an unprecedented week for Pure Earth, and all organizations.
ReadPure Earth Solutions Video on Featured at ‘Partnership for a Lead-Free Future’ Launch Event
Sep 20 , 2024
Watch the video: Transforming Battery Recycling: Protecting Future Generations. Childhood lead poisoning is a global crisis, affecting 1 in 3 children worldwide and leading to learning disabilities, intellectual impairments, and reduced quality of life. The widespread presence of lead in.
ReadA Critical Dialogue on Lead Poisoning in India: Insights from the International Convening
Aug 23 , 2024
A Critical Dialogue on Lead Poisoning in India: Insights from the International Convening By Sandeep Dahiya, Guest Author, Director Advocacy and Communication, Pure Earth Watch: A Critical Dialogue on Lead Poisoning in India: Insights from the International Convening As an.
ReadA New Era for India’s Recycling Industry – Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council’s Bold Announcements on Metal Scrap
Aug 20 , 2024
A New Era for India’s Recycling Industry – Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council’s Bold Announcements on Metal Scrap By Sandeep Dahiya, Guest Author, Director Advocacy and Communication, Pure Earth Read: Govt Announcement India’s recycling industry is poised for a.
ReadPURE EARTH GHANA HOST A SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOP TO COMBAT LEAD POLLUTION AND POISONING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA.
Aug 07 , 2024
As part of Pure Earth’s advocacy campaign, we engaged the students at the University of Ghana, Department of Earth Science (Ghana Institute of Geoscience) to empower the youth to combat lead pollution and poisoning. Pure Earth Ghana with the University.
ReadPure Earth joins research consortium to identify low-cost lead detection technologies
Jul 10 , 2024
With support from the Tauw Foundation, Pure Earth joined Tauw, Lumetallix, and the Vellore Institute of Technology to test a variety of lead detection methods appropriate for under-resourced communities. The research was conducted at multiple toxic sites around Vellore in.
ReadPure 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.
ReadPure Earth Philippines Country Director Discusses Solving Lead Exposure at the 77th World Health Assembly
May 31 , 2024
Pure Earth Philippines Country Director Discusses Solving Lead Exposure at the 77th World Health Assembly Pure Earth was invited to present on our work addressing lead exposure at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva this week. The World Health.
ReadLead in Food Products in Mexico
May 13 , 2024
Lead was found in 18% of the most consumed foods by the Mexican population, including products such as rice, wheat, soy, pepper, guajillo chili, processed meats, and baby food. Researchers from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, the National Institute of.
ReadBrazil: Helping The Potters of Maragogipinho Go Lead Free
Oct 21 , 2019
In May 2018, Pure Earth held a lead-free workshop for nine potters in Maragogipinho, Brazil. This was an important first step in helping a community, where some residents had blood lead levels as much as 15 times above the EPA’s level.
ReadLead Exposure Linked to 412,000 Deaths in US; On Par With Tobacco
Mar 14 , 2018
[caption id="attachment_4283" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Children in Indonesia play on lead smelting dump site in the middle of their village.[/caption] An important new paper from Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a member of the Pure Earth Leadership Council, and a Commissioner on The Lancet Commission on.
ReadNotes from the field: Dr. Jack Caravanos in Kabwe with the Guardian
May 31 , 2017
Jack measuring toxic soil with Olympus XRF, Photo by Larry C. Price Q & A with Dr. Jack Caravanos, Pure Earth’s Director of Research Jack traveled to Kabwe, Zambia, last month with The Guardian environment editor Damian Carrington and Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist.
ReadKolaborasi + Sinergi = Kunci
Jul 09 , 2024
Program ”Penguatan Sistem Kesehatan untuk Mengurangi Paparan Timbel" di Indonesia Bagi organisasi nirlaba, kolaborasi sangat penting dalam mencapai tujuan organisasi dan menciptakan dampak positif bagi masyarakat. Selain itu, sinergi dapat membuat upaya gabungan bisa mencapai hasil yang lebih baik. Pure.
ReadCollaboration + Synergy = The Key
Jul 05 , 2024
“The Strengthening Health System to Reduce Lead Exposure” Program in Indonesia For non-profit organizations, collaboration is crucial in reaching organizational goals and creating a positive impact on the communities. In addition, synergy can make combined efforts accomplish more. Pure Earth.
ReadBreaking the Cycle of Extreme Lead Poisoning in Pesarean, Indonesia
May 18 , 2016
This week's post is from Angela Bernhardt, Executive Director of Communications for Pure Earth. After two and a half years in our New York headquarters, I took my first trip to the field with our Southeast Asia coordinator, Lara Crampe..
ReadPhoto Essay Mexico: Lead Exposure From Traditional Pottery
Dec 23 , 2015
AN URGENT CALL IN THE NIGHT Earlier this year, Sandra Gualtero, Pure Earth's regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, received a late-night email labelled “URGENT.” It was from a nurse in Mexico who had just discovered a newborn baby with.
ReadSo Fresh And So Clean
Nov 25 , 2015
“I am impressed with what has been done... and this comes as a relief not only to the people of Chowa, but the entire Kabwe population. We believe that when this project is completed, more lives will be safeguarded." --.
ReadDinner Served On 960 Pieces Of Lead-Free Pottery Sends Urgent Message Across Mexico
Nov 16 , 2015
[Read a version of this story in Spanish.] At this year's Festival Internacional Cervantino, one of the most important arts and cultural events in Latin America, a dinner designed to showcase the culinary culture of Morelos state became a milestone in the fight against.
ReadIndia’s Lead Problem: More Than Just Instant Noodles
Jun 29 , 2015
[caption id="attachment_16120" align="alignnone" width="300"] Instant Noodles by kattebelletje[/caption] Earlier this month, there was a lead poisoning scare involving a brand of instant noodles manufactured in India. The company promptly pulled the product and samples were sent to the Maharashtra Food.
ReadNigeria: New Outbreak of Lead Poisoning
Jun 08 , 2015
"At the hospital, he looked fine but behaved like he was losing his mind... In the evening of the same day, his fever became severe. He was restless. He later started jerking seriously with his eyes turning, and that was how.
ReadLead Poisoning Fact Sheet: Solutions to a Global Childhood Health Threat
Nov 19 , 2014
Facts About Lead Poisoning and Pollution: There is no known safe level of lead exposure. The CDC lowered the level of concern from 10 to 5 µg/dL (micrograms /deciliter) as the point at which to trigger public health actions. In the.
ReadWant lead-free food? Visit the first “Barro Aprobado” restaurant in Mexico
Aug 20 , 2014
[caption id="attachment_3044" align="alignnone" width="640"] The media turned out in force to help us launch "Barro Aprobado" and spread awareness about lead-free pottery in Mexico.[/caption] Across Mexico every day, millions of meals served in homes and restaurants come with an extra,.
ReadFact Sheet: Mexico’s 500-year-old problem (Infographic)
Jun 23 , 2014
Up to 20% of Mexicans have elevated blood level levels. This is from the use of traditional Mexican pottery---the colorful plates, pots and other wares that you see in almost every home and restaurant in the country. Traditional Mexican pottery has been.
ReadThe Story of A Mother and the Five Children She Lost
Jun 03 , 2014
[caption id="attachment_20195" align="alignnone" width="650"] Seynabou and her grandson in November 2021.[/caption] Seynabou had ten children, but lost five of them. One by one, each of her five youngest children fell ill with the same symptoms — seizures and convulsions. One by one,.
ReadWhat I Wore in Jaipur… and Why it Matters
Feb 27 , 2014
Sarita Gupta, Blacksmith's India director, contributes this post from India. The fabled land of Rajasthan is known, among other things, for its vividly colored clothing. So when the opportunity came to travel for work to Jaipur, I.
ReadTraining Women in Senegal
Oct 25 , 2013
Next month, Blacksmith returns to Senegal to provide livelihood training to women so that they will not have to go back to the dangerous job of backyard battery recycling--the activity that triggered the tragic lead poisoning outbreak in 2008 that killed 32 children in Thiaroye.
ReadWhy Are Millions of Children in Mexico Still Suffering From Lead Poisoning?
Oct 25 , 2013
In 1991, the daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico was found to have high lead levels in her blood. It launched an outcry on both sides of the border against the use of toxic lead glazes in Mexican pottery,.
ReadGuide To Lead Cleanup Now Available; First in Series of Global Remediation Guides
Oct 25 , 2013
The Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) has released a technical guide focused on the containment of lead, one of the world's worst pollutants. It is the first in a planned series of guides on best practices in global.
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