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- Bangladesh: Communities Learn To Fight Rice Husk Pollution October 18, 2021
- Preserving Mexico’s Pottery Tradition, Without Toxic Lead September 17, 2021
- Bangladesh: Workshop Brings Consensus; Launches Unparalleled Unified Response To Lead Poisoning Crisis August 26, 2021
- Identifying Childhood Lead Poisoning in the Philippines August 16, 2021
- Pure Earth Economic Calculator Predicts Cost of Inaction to Chemicals Exposure Across Africa July 26, 2021
- Azerbaijan: Defusing a 25-Ton Pollution “Time Bomb” Near A School in Ujar July 6, 2021
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- Investigating and Mapping Mercury Contamination in Colombia June 1, 2021
- In The News: Pure Earth’s Work On The Global Lead Poisoning Crisis May 18, 2021
- Pure Earth, USC and Macquarie University Publish Landmark Lead Study in The Lancet Planetary Health Journal March 12, 2021
- Circle of Women: Creating Safe Spaces For Innovation And Health With Traditional Potters In Mexico February 22, 2021
- Stopping Dangerous Levels of Heavy Metals in Baby Food February 11, 2021
- A Year Like No Other – Looking Back and Beyond 2020 January 21, 2021
- The Ocean Pollution-Berg December 7, 2020
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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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Doe Run Peru – A Solution in Sight
The embattled Doe Run lead smelting facility in Peru may finally be getting a break. We met with Dr. Juan Carlos Huyhua, the president of Doe Run Peru, in New York last week to get an update on the situation. … Continue reading
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Tagged blacksmith institute, Doe Run, La Oroya, lead poisoning, lead pollution
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Surprise – Corporations NOT the Worst Pollution Problems
Contrary to popular belief, large multinational corporations are NOT the worst pollution problems. That was one of the more interesting findings revealed in our 2011 World’s Worst Toxic Pollution Problems report. Of course large corporations are associated with pollution, like … Continue reading
What is Pollution?
It’s Pollution Prevention Week. Chances are, you’ve not really heard about it. In my last post, I wrote about the Brown Agenda vs. the Green Agenda. Pollution is part of the Brown Agenda. I bet you haven’t heard a lot … Continue reading
Pollution: Top Six Toxic Threats
My last post pointed to new studies that indicate chronic mercury exposure in the U.S. has risen dramatically. In fact, mercury is identified as one of the Top Six Toxic Threats in Blacksmith Institute’s most recent report, which draws on … Continue reading
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Tagged blacksmith institute, lead pollution, mercury poisoning, Pollution Stories, toxic mercury, toxic pollution, World's Worst Polluted Places report
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Earth Day in the Developing World
It has been 40 years since the very first Earth Day. No doubt, things have changed for the better, at least here in the U.S. Our environment is much cleaner, and life-threatening pollution of the kind brought to light by … Continue reading
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Tagged blacksmith institute, developing countries, economic development, lead pollution, lead-based glazes, pollution blog, pollution solutions, Pollution Stories, poor countries
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Read All About it – God’s Paradise Starts to Shed World’s Worst Polluted Label
“God’s Paradise Will be Removed from World’s Worst Polluted Places” “Declared Green Zone at God’s Paradise – Happiness Where There Was Once Contamination.” “Park Provides Health at God’s Paradise” These local headlines tell the story. Twelve days ago, Paraíso de … Continue reading
Pollution, Poverty and the I.Q. Connection
Does pollution plague a country because it is poor? Or does pollution make a country poor? While the case for the former can be easily made — poorer nations have less resources for cleanup and regulations; the case for the … Continue reading