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Zambia Projects and Reports

Pure Earth staff testing soil for heavy metals in Kabwe, Zambia.

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  • Kabwe Pilot Lead Remediation Project (2016)
  • Kabwe Lead Smelter Cleanup (2014)
  • Contamination of the Kafue River Basin (2006)

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    • Continuing Lead Cleanup in Kabwe
  • Completed Projects:
    • Lead Mines in Kabwe (2015)
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Read more about our work in the Zambia at the Pollution Blog

  • In Kabwe with The Guardian (2017)
  • Protecting Children by Cleaning Up Lead-Contaminated Yards (2016)
  • What do Flint, Michigan and Kabwe, Zambia Have in Common? (2016)
  • Walking to Seek Change in Kabwe (2015)
  • Lead in Kabwe’s Children (2014)
  • Kabwe’s Children’s Silent Struggles (2014)

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  • Lead Poisoning in Kabwe, Zambia
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The Poisoned Poor and the Pollution Crisis

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