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From Mexico To Brazil – Sharing Solutions To A Shared Pollution Problem

From Mexico To Brazil – Sharing Solutions To A Shared Pollution Problem

Sep 27 , 2018

When Pure Earth visited Maragogipinho, a village in the town of Aratuípe in Brazil, in 2017 as part of the Toxic Sites Identification Program (TSIP), the team found lead concentrations in the soil as high as 44,500 ppm (the EPA level.

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In Tajikistan, Coalition of Local Groups Unite Against Abandoned Pesticide Problem

In Tajikistan, Coalition of Local Groups Unite Against Abandoned Pesticide Problem

Sep 20 , 2018

Note from the field by Angela Bernhardt, Pure Earth Communications Director  The breast milk of Tajik mothers contain a mean concentration of DDT that is 4 times higher than permissible levels, according to the World Health Organization in Tajikistan. This is not.

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