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Lead Exposure and Preeclampsia. Research indicates a relationship between elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) and the incidence of preeclampsia, a hypertensive disorder during pregnancy. In Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, women of childbearing age often exhibit BLLs exceeding recommended safety thresholds. A systematic review reported a weighted mean BLL of 26.24…
Pure Earth and ISCHE present New Findings on Blood Lead Levels in Georgia, Metal Cookware Contamination, and Population Burdens, which will spotlight three new studies that deepen our understanding of global lead exposure and its health impacts. This technical session will present fresh data and analytical tools for researchers, policymakers,…
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…