In his TED Talk, Drew breaks down what's driving the lead poisoning crisis, why it remains so neglected, and how Pure Earth's Audacious project is working to protect more than 500 million children.

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Food adulteration poses a growing threat to the integrity of food systems and public health globally. This study investigated turmeric adulteration with lead chromate across five eastern Indian states through a combination of sample analysis and qualita...

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Unsound recycling of lead-acid batteries pollutes the soil around houses and agriculture fields in developing countries. Soil remediation might help in lowering the blood lead levels of children.

Despite declines, lead exposure remains a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Quantifying the direct effects of cumulative bone lead exposure on CVD is essential to guide pre...

Join Devex and The Audacious Project, an initiative of TED, on Thursday, April 9, at 9 a.m. ET for a virtual event to showcase the grantees' groundbreaking work, elevate their voices on a global stage, and demonstrate how catalytic philanthropy, cross-s...

Lead poisoning harms more than 1 billion children globally. By helping 22 low- and middle-income countries implement proven approaches to prevent exposure and reduce health risks, Pure Earth is breaking the cycle of childhood lead poisoning. Learn more...

The government promised a cleanup and medical care, and the WHO offered to help. In the year since, silence.

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En el distrito de Inambari, la concesión minera Saltur VI, liderada por la señora Victoria Condori, inició un proceso de reforestación en una hectárea intervenida, como parte del cierre de minas y de ...

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This paper investigates the role of lead in off-grid electrification across sub-Saharan Africa, including trends in off-grid technologies; the health and safety risks associated with ULAB recycling wi...

Pure Earth is a global leader in reducing childhood lead poisoning, and in implementing solutions to lead pollution.

Pure Earth partners with governments in low- and middle-income countries to prevent exposure to toxic pollutants, advancing public health and economic growth.

Pure Earth has been named a grantee of The Audacious Project, receiving a major multi-year investment to help governments in more than 20 countries reduce lead exposure at scale and protect over 500 m...

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Lead exposure is increasingly recognized as a major global health problem, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Much of the research and policy attention to date has focused on it...

Pure Earth Ghana awareness at Greater Accra Hospital Maternal Unit Lead exposure remains a pervasive and underappreciated threat to child health globally. Although the phase-out of leaded petrol reduc...

Communications strategist Olga González examines why childhood lead poisoning remains one of the United States’ most preventable public health crises. Drawing on data from the CDC, insights from en…

En Pure Earth Perú, el 2025 estuvo marcado por avances concretos en nuestra misión de reducir la exposición a metales tóxicos y proteger la salud de las personas y los ecosistemas, a través de tres lí...

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Some traditional eyeliners such as kohl, kajal, and surma have high levels of lead, according to recent research. CR explains what you need to know.

Supporting groups that work on malaria, lead poisoning, and other health issues can make a big difference with just a little money.

Consumers with the imported pans should throw them away due to the severe health risks posed by lead, the agency warns.

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Lead recycled in unsafe factories is entering global supply chains and poisoning children worldwide. The Poisonous Lead Trade, a new investigative series from The Examination and The New York Times, d...

Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to clean up the industry.

We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.

DW reporter Kathleen Schuster investigates projects in Peru that aim to reduce mercury pollution in small-scale gold mining.

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Olga González, a gemologist and communications strategist, examines the urgent global challenge of mercury pollution in artisanal gold mining. González highlights how mercury-free extraction method…