Pure Earth, Clarios Foundation and UNICEF launch Protecting Every Child’s Potential: A Future Free from Lead Exposure, Oct. 14, 2020
Mark Schnellbaecher Named President and Chief Operating Officer at Pure Earth, Sept. 28, 2020
A third of the world’s children poisoned by lead, new groundbreaking analysis says, UNICEF and Pure Earth, July 30, 2020. French, Spanish, Arabic
Pure Earth, Clarios Foundation and UNICEF announce global partnership to protect children from lead exposure, July 29, 2020
Combatting pollution and its effects on the health of children in Madagascar, UNICEF and Pure Earth, July 10, 2019
Model Mafia Activists Join Nonprofit Pure Earth and Over 30 Leading Jewelry Designers to Raise Awareness and Fight Pollution in the Fashion Industry and Beyond, March 2019
Global Pollution Fighter Richard Fuller is honored with the Medal of the Order of Australia, June 18, 2018
Press Release: Pure Earth Launches Leadership Council To Accelerate Action on Global Pollution Crisis, July 2017
Press Release: Pure Earth Curates A One-Of-A-Kind Jewelry Collection To Fight Pollution From Toxic Gold Mining, March 31, 2017
Yearlong Program Launches To Transform Chichiqueros Gold Mining Community In Peru’s Rainforest Into Mercury-Free Model. Project Led By Nonprofit Pure Earth, With Support From Jewelry Company Brilliant Earth, Jan. 16, 2017
Effort Launching in Brazil to Identify and Map Toxic Pollution Hotspots Threatening Health of Children and Families; Laying Groundwork for Cleanup, Nov. 16, 2016
New report, The World’s Worst Pollution Problems 2016: The Toxics Beneath Our Feet, from Pure Earth and Green Cross Switzerland, Updates the Top Ten Polluting Industries, Oct. 25, 2016
Media Alert: Teleconference for Release of The World’s Worst Pollution Problems Report 2016 from Pure Earth and Green Cross Switzerland, Oct, 2016
Pure Earth Pure Gold Auction Opens, April 1, 2016
Jewelry Designers Join forces with Nonprofit Pure Earth To Raise Awareness About The Largest Cause of Global Mercury Emissions – Artisanal Gold Mining, April 2016
The World’s Top Six Toxic Threats Affect 95 Million People, Steal 14.7 Million Years of Life At Contaminated Sites, Oct. 20, 2015
Media Alert: Release of 2015 World’s Worst Pollution Problems Report From Pure Earth and Green Cross Switzerland – “The New Top Six Toxic Threats: A Priority List for Remediation”, October 14, 2015
Global Alliance Launches Commission on Pollution, Health and Development To Address Largest Cause of Death in Developing Countries, Oct 1, 2015
Newly Published, “The Brown Agenda: My Mission To Clean Up The World’s Most Life-Threatening Pollution”, By Pure Earth Founder, Richard Fuller, Makes Amazon “Hot New Release” List, August 11, 2015
Blacksmith Institute Announces Name Change, March 10, 2015
New Report Highlights Top Ten Cleanups Saving Lives and Health of Millions, Jan. 27, 2014
MEDIA ALERT – New Report: Top Ten Countries Turning the Corner on Toxic Pollution – 2014/2015, Jan, 27, 2014
New research shows nearly half the children in Mexico impacted by lead poisoning, at risk for Mild Mental Retardation and other serious health impacts; lead exposure from pottery is the principal cause. (Spanish-language version), Dec. 11, 2014
Journal of Health and Pollution Gives Voice to Researchers from Underrepresented Countries, Nov. 26, 2014
Change and Hope Comes To Agbogbloshie: Africa’s Largest E-waste Dump Begins Transformation to Model Recycling Center, Oct. 22, 2014
New Analysis Points To Pollution As The Largest Cause of Death in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Global Alliance Urges Higher Priority For Comprehensive Approach to Pollution in SDGs, June 13, 2014
GAHP, Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, to release new analysis showing combined sources of pollution are the top cause of death in the developing world, killing more than 10 million per year, yet the draft of the new Sustainable Development Goals on Health downplays the issue, June 9, 2014
“Slumdog Millionaire” Actor/Activist DEV PATEL Launches “Pure Earth” Campaign with Blacksmith Institute, Explains Urgent Need To Fight Toxic Pollution Threatening Poor Children, April 28, 2014 (Related: Q&A with Dev Patel )

Dev Patel and Freida Pinto at the inaugural PURE EARTH benefit gala in NYC on April 26, 2014.
New Report Cites the World’s Worst Polluted Places: Top Ten Toxic Threats in 2013: Cleanup, Progress, and Ongoing Challenges, Nov. 4, 2013
HSBC and Blacksmith Institute Partner for a New MMORS Project, Aug. 29, 2013
Children Living Near Toxic Waste Sites in Developing Countries May Experience Higher Blood Lead Levels Resulting in Lower IQ, May 6, 2013
Toxic Waste Sites Cause ‘Healthy Years of Life Lost’, May 4, 2013
New Pollution Report Measures Global Health Impact Across 49 Countries; Reveals Pollution To Be Critical Threat On Par With Malaria, TB; Identifies Top Ten Toxic Industries Responsible. 2012 World’s Worst Pollution Problems Report Released by Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland, Oct 23, 2012
New Global Alliance Seeks to Tackle Toxic Pollution Hotspots, July 30, 2012
Blacksmith China Steps Forward With Establishment of Local Technical Advisory Board, Feb. 15, 2012
Helping Countries Tackle “Orphaned” Toxic Pollution Sites – the focus of World Bank Grant to Blacksmith Institute, Dec. 12, 2011
New Report Is First to Quantify Health Impacts From World’s Worst Toxic Pollution Problems; Report Identifies Top Pollution Problems and Sources; Reveals Surprising Finding About Corporations and Pollution, Nov. 9, 2011
Blacksmith Institute Honored With Green Star Award For Work In Environmental Emergencies; Award Recognizes Heroes Working in Disasters and Other Emergencies, May 18, 2011
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