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Browse Pure Earth’s Newsletter Archives:

February 2021

• Stopping Dangerous Levels of Heavy Metals in Baby Food

January 2021

• A Year Like No Other: Looking Back and Beyond 2020

November 2020

• Madeleine Albright Co-Authors Fortune Op-Ed Supporting Partnership To Protect Children From Lead Exposure
• Gold Miners Embrace Rainforest Restoration and Mercury-Free Methods
• New Retail Partner Helps Pure Earth Tackle Pollution

September 2020

• Interactive Map Shows Where Children Are Being Exposed To Lead
• Call For Action Grows
• Pure Earth Golf Benefit: Sept. 21
• Video Shows Seedlings Bloom In The Rainforest
• Connect With Pure Earth Worldwide

May 2020

• Mother’s Day in Kathgora
• Mothers of Change
• Helping Mexico’s Lead-Free Potters, Hard Hit By Pandemic
• Activating Communities

March 2020

• Our Global Work Continues
• Partner With Us For Virtual Earth Day
• Visit Pure Earth’s Newly Updated Toxic Site Database — Available Online

February 2020

• We’re in the Top 100 of Macarthur Foundation’s 100 & Change Competition!

January 2020

• 2020 Vision

October 2019

• Pure Earth Partners With Clean Air Fund
• Exploring Climate Connections at C40
• Pure Earth President Receives Advance Award for Social Impact
• Brazil: Helping the Potters of Maragogipinho Go Lead Free

August 2019

• Pure Earth Travel Diary: What We Did This Summer
• Madagascar: United in Soccer and Pollution Cleanup
• Bangladesh: Children’s Lead Levels Fall 42%
• Georgia: Investigating A Lead Emergency
• Ukraine: Chernobyl and Radikal

March 2019:

• Celebrating our Impact and Building Momentum
• 2018 Key Accomplishments

January 2019:

• Pure Earth presents groundbreaking report on transboundary pollution

October 2018:

• Pollution: A Critical Link for Achieving the SDGs

August 2018:

• Meet Our Heroes: Pure Earth’s Global Toxic Site Investigators
• Teaching Kids to Break Free from Lead Poisoning with Puppets, Games, and a Villain Called “Lead Man”
• Rallying Support for Pollution
• Australian Honor Will Help Focus Attention on Pollution

January 2018:

• From The World Bank To Davos, Pure Earth Calls For Investments In Pollution Solutions
• Save The Date: April 23
• HSBC Mexico’s “Adopt A Potter” Program Takes On Urgency After Earthquake

August 2017:

• Minamata Convention Enters Into Force Aug 16
• Quickest Discovery Of Contaminated Sites In Two Decades
• Update On Research  – Pure Earth published paper on lead and lowered IQ; Journal of Health and Pollution quadruples submissions
• Get Your Tickets Now For Our Golf Benefit: Sept. 25
• Buy and Give: Shop Our Featured Jeweler To Support Mercury-Free Mining Programs

June 2017:

What Is It Like To Be A Pollution Fighter? Stories From The Frontlines: Zambia, Tajikistan, Philippines

• In Zambia: Dr. Jack Caravanos Shows Reporter His Obsession With “The World’s Most Toxic Town”
• In Tajikistan: Umed Saves Families From Toxic Landowner
• In The Philippines: Follow Lara For A Week Of Toxic Investigations, And An Escape From A Fire

March 2017:

• Why Women Hold The Key To Fighting Pollution
• Get A “Front Row Seat” Or Be A “Lead Singer!” Reservations Open Now For The Heavy Metal Benefit Bash
• Database Of World’s Polluted Sites Now Online
• Investigating Toxic Sites In Colombia
• Pollution Info-Sessions Allow Global Experts To Share Insights, Expertise Every Two Weeks
• Hello From Around The World

January 2017: Here’s How We Fought Pollution With Your Support, And Helped To Save Lives In 2016

November 2016: Helping Brazil Fight Its Deadly Pollution Problems

• 2016 REPORT: Top Ten Polluting Industries
• BRAZIL: Pure Earth Expands Work In Brazil With Support From Alcoa Foundation
• GLOBAL STAFF PROFILE: Budi Susilorini in Indonesia
• VIETNAM: It Takes A Village

September 2016:  Back To School: Educating Children, Families About What’s Poisoning Them

• Spotlight On Education
• Ghana: Educational Event At E-Waste Site In Agbogbloshie Spreads Message – “Burning Is Bad”
• Mongolia: Teaching Van Goes To Schools, Neighborhoods To Explain Dangers of Toxic Mercury
• Global: English and Portuguese Children’s Environmental Health Training Modules
• Reminder: Our Golf Fundraiser Is Coming Up

July 2016:

• Save The Date: Sept. 26: Play Golf, Clean Up The World
• Apply Now: Deadline Sept. 16 – Small Grants Help Correct Imbalance In Research
• Notes From The Field: Breaking The Cycle Of Extreme Lead Poisoning In Pesarean, Indonesia
• Update on Latin America: A Dirty Talk and New Research
• Update: Global Braintrust On Pollution Meets To Continue Work On Paradigm-Shifting Report

May 2016:

• A Mother’s Story: Mongolian “Gold Ninja” Goes Mercury-Free For Her Children
• Photo Essay: Filipino Gold Miner Travels To Peru To Demonstrate Century-Old, Mercury-Free Technique
• Thank You: Pure Earth Pure Gold Benefit Sparks Golden Opportunity To Fight Mercury Poisoning
• Planning our Strategy: New Grants, New Work

January 2016:

• Year In Review: Lead Free Homes For The First Time In 100 Years
• Get Your Tickets Now: Pure Earth’s 2016 Benefit Bash: April 12
• Photo Essay: Pottery Artisans Changing Centuries-Old Tradition To Protect Future Generations

November 2015:

• Nearly 100% Of Children In This Neighborhood Have Been Poisoned
• Dinner Served On 960 Pieces Of Lead-Free Pottery Sends Urgent Message Across Mexico
• Global Commission On Pollution May Be The Game-changer
• VIDEO: President Salinas Talks About Mexico’s Success Dealing With Past Pollution

September 2015

• Global Alliance Succeeds In Shaping Sustainable Development Goals
• Notes from The Field: Peru Photo Essay
• Project Snapshots: Ghana, Indonesia, Brazil

Spring 2015

• In Their Backyards, Indonesian Gold Miners May Have Found Key To Reducing Mercury Emissions
• Toxic Beach In Azerbaijan Gets Cleaned Up
• Applications Open: Course In Research Writing
• Fighting Pollution, Fighting Poverty 
• Experts Call For Nationwide Strategy To End Mexico’s Lead Crisis
• Thank You
• Match and Double Your Support

Winter 2014/2015

• Snapshots of Progress in 2014
• Out In The Global Field
• Putting Toxic Pollution On the World’s “To-Do” List
• Mapping Pollution, Finding “Orphans”
• Focus on Research, Giving Voice to the Underrepresented
• Report: Top Ten Countries Turning The Corner on Toxic Pollution
• Forging a Global Alliance

July 2014:

• New Analysis: Pollution #1 Cause of Death
• U.N. Responds to Our Call to #SpotlightPollution in the SDGs
• Breaking Mexico’s 500-Year-Old Toxic Tradition
• Soccer Field Transformed from Toxic Lead Dump To Safe Play Space
• A Toxic “Craft” Village in Vietnam Cleans Up
• How Hard Is It To Clean Up A Secret Toxic Site Sitting On Top Of A Bomb?

Dec 2013/Jan 2014:

• What will the world focus on over the next decade?
• Eliminating pesticides in former Soviet Union
• Snapshots of progress in 2013 in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe/Central Asia
• A key year in research

Sept/Oct 2013:

• Top Ten Toxic Threats in 2013
• Helping Countries Abide by Minamata
• Bringing Poisoned Poor to the European Parliament
• Training Women in Senegal
• Why are Children in Mexico Still Suffering from Lead
• Global Remediation Guides

July/Aug 2013:

• Involving the Chinese public in pollution cleanup
• Wishing for a Soccer Field that does not Kill
• Fishponds in one of the World’s Worst Polluted Rivers get Help
• Blacksmith Recognized As One Of Country’s Top Performing Nonprofits Again
• Sept. 1 Deadline Fast Approaching For New Blacksmith/AuthorAID
• The New Journal of Health and Pollution is Out

May/June 2013:

• Fighting Toxic Pollution with Research
• Database of Global Hotspots Goes Public
• First Trial of Borax Method
• Toxic Rice Fields of China
• Blacksmith Addresses Toxic Trail of Old Batteries in the New York Times
• VIDEO:  Mexico’s Pretty but Poisonous Problem
• 2012 Annual Report is Released

March/April 2013:

• Meet Our Global Team
• Borax Research Paper
• New Online Resource Pools Global Pollution Knowledge
• Focus on India
• VIDEO: A Coversation with Dr. Alexey Yablokov about Fukushima, Chernobyl and the Staggering Impact of Pollution

Jan/Feb 2013:

• Blacksmith Introduces Global Alliance at INC5
• Key INC5 Agreement Details
• New Report on Rising Threat of Mercury; New Project Launches in Indonesia
• Blacksmith and Vance Center Collaborate to Create Legal Guide for Contaminated Site Management
• AuthorAID Seeks Mentors for Researchers
• Nominations for Green Star Awards Due March 15

Nov/Dec 2012:

• Top 5 Ways We Beat Back Pollution in 2012

Sept/Oct 2012:

• The 2012 World’s Worst Pollution Problems Report Reveals Impact Across 49 Countries
• In the News: The 2012 World’s Worst Pollution Problems Report
• Thank You! Blacksmith’s Annual Golf Benefit Raises Thousands for Pollution Cleanup

July/Aug 2012:

• Unprecedented Global Alliance Forms to Fight Pollution
• Blacksmith Keeps Mercury Cleanup in Focus at INC4
• Essential Reading: Q&A with Author of “Visit Sunny Chernobyl,” and More
• Save the date: Blacksmith’s Annual Golf Benefit

May/June 2012:

• Filtering Radiation Out of Water in Kyrgyzstan’s Schools
• India: Small Projects in India with Big Potential
• Blacksmith Small Research Grants
• World Meeting on Pollution in Bellagio,
• Toxic Sites Identification Program Paper Published

March/April 2012:

• Filipino Miner’s Borax Secret
• Pakistan’s Pesticide Pollution Problem
• “Heroic NGO Takes on Big Job of Global Toxic Cleanup”
• Global Workshops in Armenia, Peru, Mexico and Uruguay
• Blacksmith Addresses Leather Industry
• The iPad and 6 Million Tons of E-Waste
• Blacksmith Gathers Support in Hong Kong

January 2012:

• Ghana: Sodom and Gomorrah E-Wasteland
• Blacksmith and World Bank Look After “Orphaned” Sites
• China: Blacksmith Adds Experts
• “Sensationalist” Claim

November 2011:

• New Report List Top Ten World’s Worst Toxic Pollution Problems With A Big Surprise

October 2011:

• Ten Things You Might Not Know About Pollution
• New Pollution Report Due in November
• An Engineer Without Borders
• Thank You – Golf Benefit Raises Thousands

September 2011:

• What is Pollution?
• Golf Benefit To Raise Funds for Global Cleanup
• Looking Ahead: China 2011-2014

August 2011:

• Indonesia: “Miracle” Mercury Machine
• Asia: Blacksmith Identifies 600 Polluted Sites
• India: An 8 Million Ton Toxic Waste Problem
• China: Partners Gather; New Focus on Heavy Metals

June 2011:

• Russia: Meeting Medvedev on Russia’s Pollution Crisis
• Philippines: National Summit Produces Five-Year Plan
• China: Bad Press, Good Press
• El Salvador: Contemplating a Nationwide “Superfund” Program
• Blacksmith Featured As UNEP Expert

May 2011:

• Blacksmith Wins UN-Backed Green Star Award for Work in Environmental Emergencies
• Save the Date: Blacksmith Golf Benefit Tees Off Oct. 3
• Mercury Exposure Rises Dramatically in the U.S.; One of Top Six Toxic Threats
• Paradise Remade: Cleanup of One of the World’s Worst Polluted Places

April 2011:

• Vietnam’s Toxic Craft Villages
• Success Story: Nigeria Lead Poisoning Cleanup Report
• A Tour of Chernobyl: 25 years Later; How Much Radiation is Dangerous?
• Call for Papers: The Journal of Health and Pollution

February 2011:

• Comprehensive Philippine Lead Remediation Starts Shortly
• Introducing New Additions to the Blacksmith Team
• Jakarta Lead Poisoning Initiative Enters Remediation Stage
• Upcoming Speaking Engagements for Blacksmith President Richard Fuller
• Toxic Pollution in Poor Countries – Introducing “JH&P”

January 2011:

• Blacksmith to publish peer-reviewed journal on health and pollution
• Upcoming press conference on lead glaze use in Mexican ceramics
• Thank you donors for your generous holiday support
• Bloomberg reports on continuing lead poisoning outbreak in Nigeria
• Links to more stories and project updates

September 2010:

• Philippines: River Cleanup Award
• Ghana: “Sodom and Gomorrah” E-wasteland
• Reminder: Charity Event to Raise Awareness about Global Killer, Fund Cleanup

July 2010:

• Nigeria: Emergency Update
• Senegal: Closing the Chapter on a Tragedy

June 2010:

• SPECIAL ALERT – EMERGENCY IN NIGERIA.  Over 150 Children Dead from Lead Poisoning Outbreak

May 2010:

• “The Invisible Pollution” – Video of Panel Discussion in India
• China: Replicating a Wetlands Treatment System
• Ghana: Global Inventory Project Expands into West Africa
• Mexico: Removing Lead from a Tradition
• Mexico: New Proponent
• Blacksmith Institute 2009 Annual Report
• In The News
• Blacksmith Video Spotlight

April 2010:

• VIDEO: The Story of Lead – A Tour Through 4 Polluted Sites
• Ghana: Report and Video from the Agbogbloshie E-Wasteland

March 2010:

• Pink Crocodiles in India
• Senegal: PRI’s The World Reports on Lead in Senegal
• Dominican Republic: New Park, Fresh Start in God’s Paradise
• Philippines: Tapping Human Ecology to Clean Up Pollution

Feb. 2010:

• The Pollution Connection: Vaccines, Poverty, IQ and Autism
• Philippines: Pollution Research Project Wins Science Prize
• Philippines: Volunteers
• Russia: Saving Children and the Russian Desman Too

Jan. 2010:

• New Grant for Global Inventory
• Lead Cleanup Continues in Senegal
• Mercury: The Burning Issue (Video of artisanal gold mines in Indonesia)
• A Champion for Children – Dr. Philip J. Landrigan

Dec. 2009:

• Save a Life this December
• Behind the Global Inventory Project
• Making A List and Checking it off

Nov. 2009:

• Going Online to Take Pollution Offline
• The End of Pollution? New Report Highlights Top 12 Pollution Solutions That May Pave The Way
• “Lead Head” Scientist Travels the World for Blacksmith
• Golf Benefit Raises Money for Cleanup
• Babies and Lead
• Dominican Republic: Paraíso de Dios Receives Additional Help
• Philippines: Floods and Landslides Affect Pollution Cleanup Projects

Oct. 2009 Special Bulletin – Release of 2009 Blacksmith report

Sept. 2009

• New Blacksmith Report Out This Fall
• IAEA Taps Blacksmith’s Expertise for “Toxic Playpen
• Philippines: Toxic Stew Contaminates Essential River System
• Bringing People Together to Fight Pollution in India

Aug. 2009 – Cleaning up Kindergartens, New Projects Launch

• Blacksmith Golf Benefit
• Call for 2009 Nominations
• Russia: Success Story–Playgrounds, Sandboxes, Kindergartens Get Cleaned Up
• China: E-Waste Project Launches
• Mexico: Removing Toxic Lead from Ceramics
• Indonesia: Looking for Asia’s Most Polluted Sites
• India: Vapi Removed from World’s Worst List
• Blacksmith Board Member Invests in a Clean World

July 2009 – Pollution:  A Global Killer, a Solvable Problem

• Pollution: A Global Killer, A Solvable Problem
• Peru: New York Times and BBC Spotlights Blacksmith Project in La Oroya
• Senegal: Blacksmith Goes from House to House, Preparing for Children’s Return
• Ukraine: Another Chernobyl?
• India: Toxin-Eating Worms to Take on Golden Corridor
• More Experts Volunteer for Blacksmith Projects
• Health and Pollution Fund