POLLUTION BLOG

Unveiling Lead in Consumer Products in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: New Peer-Reviewed Research Updated: April 29, 2024 At the World Economic Forum in January 2024, USAID Administrator Samantha Power highlighted lead poisoning as a top USAID priority, urging world leaders.

Selama puluhan tahun, Desa Pesarean, di Kabupaten Tegal, Provinsi Jawa Tengah, Indonesia, terkontaminasi timbel. Lebih dari 18.000 ton aki bekas (Used Lead Acid Batteries / ULAB) dan limbah peleburan logam dibuang di tengah pemukiman warga. Saat ini, Pesarean sedang dalam.

For decades, Pesarean Village in Tegal Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia, has been contaminated with lead. More than 18,000 tons of Used Lead Acid Batteries (ULAB) and metal smelting waste were dumped in the middle of residential areas. Currently, Pesarean.

This post is from Yuan-Yu Wu, who participated in an exchange program with Pure Earth as part of the National Committee on US-China Relations Professional Fellows Program. Yuan-Yu is the Director of the Taipei Office and Project Manager, Illegal Factories.

Pure Earth Bangladesh and UNCTAD Host Workshop on Solutions to Formalize Electric Three-Wheeler Transportation, Prevent Lead Pollution On April 3, 2024 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, more than 30 stakeholders from various sectors including government agencies, NGOs, international development organizations, financial institutions,.