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In many regions across the country, lead exposure remains a silent threat to public health—particularly affecting children and vulnerable communities. This environmental issue calls for an integrated response grounded in public health and territorial justice. Organized by the Colombian Association of Public Health, in collaboration with Pure Earth Colombia and…
Join this Minamata Convention Side Event: Evaluating Mercury’s Impact on the Food Chain Across Six Mining Regions in Ghana. Hosted by Pure Earth with the Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, this virtual workshop will present findings from a new study on mercury…
Please join Pure Earth and Vital Strategies during International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week for a Year 3 Progress Report from Colombia, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Maharashtra, India, and Peru. Supported by Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., the Strengthening Health Systems to Reduce Lead Exposure project has been working toward and implementing blood lead level…
Lead is silent — but its impact isn’t. Every day, it threatens our children’s health, our soil, and our shared future. To change this, we’re hitting the streets — not with words, but with wheels. Join the Cycle Rally for Lead-Free Bangladesh, a youth-led initiative organized by Volunteer for Bangladesh – Dhaka…
The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency,(EPA), Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology and development partners, with financial support from Pure Earth is commemorating Lead Awareness Week 2025 under the theme “No Safe Level: Act Now to End Lead Exposure.” The campaign seeks to raise national…
As a follow-up to the activities of the International Week for the Prevention of Lead Poisoning 2025, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), together with Vital Strategies and Pure Earth, intend to develop this regional webinar to make visible the advances, challenges and good practices developed by the countries of the…
Lead (Pb) poisoning remains one of the most widespread yet under-recognized environmental health crises globally, disproportionately affecting children and marginalized communities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) (Chen et al, 2025). Despite being entirely preventable, Pb exposure continues through contaminated consumer products, informal recycling of lead-acid batteries, polluted soils, industrial…
Pure Earth President Drew McCartor will join Raj Kumar, President and Editor-in-Chief of Devex, Dr. Anu Kumar from Ipas, Serah Malaba from Tiko, Lisha McCormick from Last Mile Health, and Tanvi Monga and Anna Verghese from The Audacious Project for a conversation on how philanthropy can accelerate bold ideas into…
Pure Earth President Drew McCartor will be speaking at TED2026 in Vancouver, where he will take the mainstage to talk about Pure Earth's initiative to protect 500 million children from lead poisoning. About the TED Talk: As president of Pure Earth, Drew McCartor is fighting a hidden epidemic that kills more people than HIV and malaria combined:…
The Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia (FKUI), supported by Pure Earth Indonesia, organized a community service event "Women's Initiative to Recognize the Danger of Lead" on 13–14 April 2026 in Bogor, Indonesia. The event aimed to enhance the knowledge, awareness, and capacity of female workers in…
At The Impact Lounge at the Marmalade Festival, Pure Earth will join leaders from the World Bank, UNDP, The Audacious Project, and the Storytelling Solutions Project to explore how film and visual storytelling can drive real social impact. The event will showcase several powerful short films, including Pure Earth's award-winning…
Fresh off the TED live stage as a 2025 Audacious Project finalist, Pure Earth President Drew McCartor will share a bold, global strategy to protect half a billion children from an invisible environmental health crisis, one that steals over 2 million IQ points from the next generation every day, lead…