Pure Earth Mexico’s Circle of Women program gives traditional artisans the space to explore their identity and work while learning lead-free techniques to keep their community safe.
MEET OUR TEAM
DANIEL ESTRADA Country Director Pure Earth Mexico
CARMINA JURE CADERÓ Institutional Development Coordinator
NETZY PERALTA
SOFIA DEVEAUX DURÁN Director of Community Outreach
CONTACT US
Zacatecas #95, Colonia Roma, Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México, Mexico CP: 06700
Email: daniel@pureearth.org
Twitter: @BarroAprobado
Country Summary
Up to 20% of Mexicans are poisoned by the pottery they use for daily meals at home and in restaurants across the country. Lead in traditional pottery glaze mixes with acidic foods–like coffee, chili peppers, tomatoes and lemons–and quickly enters bodies’ digestive systems and bloodstreams.
Since 2008, Pure Earth has been working with local authorities in Mexico to address the issue of lead in pottery. Pure Earth’s Barro Aprobado project is working to raise awareness about the dangers of leaded pottery, and to promote the use and production of lead-free pottery.
Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health- Mexico Summary
Pollution is responsible for 7.6% of deaths in Mexico. Learn more about how pollution affects health and the economy in Mexico by reading the Mexico Summary Report, based on the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health.
Project Pages
- Projects in Progress
- Completed Projects:
- TSIP Training in Mexico City (2012)
Blogs
Read more about our work in Mexico on our Pollution Blog:
- Helping Communities Hard Hit by Covid (May 2020)
- Lead Poisoning Affects over 1 Million Children in Mexico; Pottery is the Main Cause (Dec 2019)
- Lead Poisoning in Newborns: The Story Of Baby X in Mexico (May 2019)
- (Photo Essay) Mexico: Lead Exposure From Traditional Pottery (Dec 2015)
- Fact Sheet: Mexico’s 500 Year-Old Problem (2014)
- From Mexico to Brazil: Sharing Solutions to a Pollution Problem (2018)
- Barro Aprobado in New York— Reaching a Wider Market (2018)
- 960 Pieces of Lead-Free Pottery (2015)
- Alerting Local Researchers to Mexico’s National Lead Problem (2015)
- A Tale of Three Cleanups (2015)
- Want Lead-Free Food? Visit the first “Barro Aprobado” Restaurant in Mexico (2014)
- In the news: Getting Lead Out of Mexican Pots and Kids (Huffpost, 2014)
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