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Colombia Lead Poisoning: A Clean, Lead-Free Mattress For His Birthday
Alejandro celebrated his 13th birthday recently with a new mattress, but what he received was a potential lifetime of safe and sound sleep. He is one of about 50 children living near a lead smelter in Malambo, Colombia, who we found … Continue reading
Posted in Latin America/Caribbean, Uncategorized
Tagged Colombia, lead poisoning, Malambo, Mattress
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Keeping Two-Year-Old Dexter and His Friends Safe From Lead Poisoning in Pampanga, Philippines
This blog post is from Indigo Golub, a communications intern at Pure Earth. She is currently undergoing a bachelors degree in History, Law, and Society at the American University of Paris. Meet Dexter. The two-year-old, seen here with his mom, … Continue reading
Posted in Asia
Tagged lead poisoning, Pampanga, Philippines
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Colombia Lead Poisoning: Helping Children Break Free in Malambo
This post is by Charlie Espinosa, Pure Earth intern for Latin America. A 2014 study conducted by Universidad Naciónal de Colombia revealed high lead levels in all students attending La Bonga Elementary School. Located in Malambo, Colombia, the school sits in … Continue reading
Posted in Latin America/Caribbean, Uncategorized
Tagged Colombia, lead poisoning, Malambo
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Lead Exposure Linked to 412,000 Deaths in US; On Par With Tobacco
An important new paper from Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a member of the Pure Earth Leadership Council, and a Commissioner on The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, reveals that cardiovascular impacts of lead are under-estimated by a factor of 10. While stunning, this revelation did … Continue reading
Posted in Lead, Uncategorized
Tagged heart disease, lead, lead poisoning, lead pollution, TSIP, ULAB, World's Worst Polluted Places report
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Getting Lead Out Of Sovetskoe (Kan), Kyrgyzstan
This post comes from Alena Temnikova, Pure Earth’s regional coordinator in Kyrgyzstan. When lead and zinc ore mining began in the 1950s, the first workers lived in tarpaulin tents and barracks. Then houses were built and the town of Sovetskoe (recently renamed … Continue reading
Posted in Eastern Europe/Central Asia, Uncategorized
Tagged Kyrgyzstan, lead poisoning, Sovetskoe
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Protecting Children By Cleaning Up Lead-Contaminated Yards in Kabwe
This post is from Lara Crampe, Pure Earth’s regional director for Southeast Asia. She is currently in Zambia working with the team on the second phase of Pure Earth’s remediation project in the Chowa neighborhood of Kabwe. This month our … Continue reading
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Tagged Kabwe, lead poisoning
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Notes From The Field:
It Takes A Village
The two lists you see above show the names of people in the village who contributed towards the construction of paved roads that now criss-cross the rural community of Dong Mai in Vietnam. On our recent visit, we saw lists … Continue reading
Posted in Asia
Tagged Dong Mai, lead poisoning, Vietnam
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It Takes A Village
It Takes A Village
Notes From The Field:
In Indonesia, testing a playground, school, homes for toxic lead
A few days ago, we visited a school, playground and homes in one neighborhood in Jakarta to test for toxic lead. Children can get poisoned when they ingest lead flakes or lead dust that comes off of brightly painted playground … Continue reading
Posted in Asia
Tagged Indonesia, lead poisoning
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In Indonesia, testing a playground, school, homes for toxic lead
In Indonesia, testing a playground, school, homes for toxic lead
A Toxic “Craft” Village in Vietnam Cleans Up (VIDEO)
Every day, trucks full of used lead-acid batteries from cars, motorbikes and other vehicles are brought in from across Vietnam to the rural village of Dong Mai in the agricultural heartland of Vietnam. Dong Mai is one of thousands of toxic “craft” villages … Continue reading
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Tagged Dong Mai, lead, lead poisoning, Vietnam
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