Blacksmith Newsletters

Welcome to Blacksmith’s Newsletter Archives.

Sept/Oct 2013:

• Top Ten Toxic Threats in 2013
• Helping Countries Abide by Minamata
• Bringing Poisoned Poor to the European Parliament
• Training Women in Senegal
• Why are Children in Mexico Still Suffering from Lead
• Global Remediation Guides

July/Aug 2013:

• Involving the Chinese public in pollution cleanup
• Wishing for a Soccer Field that does not Kill
• Fishponds in one of the World’s Worst Polluted Rivers get Help
• Blacksmith Recognized As One Of Country’s Top Performing Nonprofits Again
• Sept. 1 Deadline Fast Approaching For New Blacksmith/AuthorAID
• The New Journal of Health and Pollution is Out

May/June 2013:

• Fighting Toxic Pollution with Research
• Database of Global Hotspots Goes Public
• First Trial of Borax Method
• Toxic Rice Fields of China
• Blacksmith Addresses Toxic Trail of Old Batteries in the New York Times
• VIDEO:  Mexico’s Pretty but Poisonous Problem
• 2012 Annual Report is Released

March/April 2013:

• Meet Our Global Team
• Borax Research Paper
• New Online Resource Pools Global Pollution Knowledge
• Focus on India
• VIDEO: A Coversation with Dr. Alexey Yablokov about Fukushima, Chernobyl and the Staggering Impact of Pollution

Jan/Feb 2013:

• Blacksmith Introduces Global Alliance at INC5
• Key INC5 Agreement Details
• New Report on Rising Threat of Mercury; New Project Launches in Indonesia
• Blacksmith and Vance Center Collaborate to Create Legal Guide for Contaminated Site Management
• AuthorAID Seeks Mentors for Researchers
• Nominations for Green Star Awards Due March 15

Nov/Dec 2012:

• Top 5 Ways We Beat Back Pollution in 2012

Sept/Oct 2012:

• The 2012 World’s Worst Pollution Problems Report Reveals Impact Across 49 Countries
• In the News: The 2012 World’s Worst Pollution Problems Report
• Thank You! Blacksmith’s Annual Golf Benefit Raises Thousands for Pollution Cleanup

May/June 2012:>July/Aug 2012:

• Unprecedented Global Alliance Forms to Fight Pollution
• Blacksmith Keeps Mercury Cleanup in Focus at INC4
• Essential Reading: Q&A with Author of “Visit Sunny Chernobyl,” and More
• Save the date: Blacksmith’s Annual Golf Benefit

May/June 2012:

• Filtering Radiation Out of Water in Kyrgyzstan’s Schools
• India: Small Projects in India with Big Potential
• Blacksmith Small Research Grants
• World Meeting on Pollution in Bellagio,
• Toxic Sites Identification Program Paper Published

March/April 2012:

• Filipino Miner’s Borax Secret
• Pakistan’s Pesticide Pollution Problem
• “Heroic NGO Takes on Big Job of Global Toxic Cleanup”
• Global Workshops in Armenia, Peru, Mexico and Uruguay
• Blacksmith Addresses Leather Industry
• The iPad and 6 Million Tons of E-Waste
• Blacksmith Gathers Support in Hong Kong

January 2012:

• Ghana: Sodom and Gomorrah E-Wasteland
• Blacksmith and World Bank Look After “Orphaned” Sites
• China: Blacksmith Adds Experts
• “Sensationalist” Claim

November 2011:

• New Report List Top Ten World’s Worst Toxic Pollution Problems With A Big Surprise

October 2011:

• Ten Things You Might Not Know About Pollution
• New Pollution Report Due in November
• An Engineer Without Borders
• Thank You – Golf Benefit Raises Thousands

September 2011:

• What is Pollution?
• Golf Benefit To Raise Funds for Global Cleanup
• Looking Ahead: China 2011-2014

August 2011:

• Indonesia: “Miracle” Mercury Machine
• Asia: Blacksmith Identifies 600 Polluted Sites
• India: An 8 Million Ton Toxic Waste Problem
• China: Partners Gather; New Focus on Heavy Metals

June 2011:

• Russia: Meeting Medvedev on Russia’s Pollution Crisis
• Philippines: National Summit Produces Five-Year Plan
• China: Bad Press, Good Press
• El Salvador: Contemplating a Nationwide “Superfund” Program
• Blacksmith Featured As UNEP Expert

May 2011:

• Blacksmith Wins UN-Backed Green Star Award for Work in Environmental Emergencies
• Save the Date: Blacksmith Golf Benefit Tees Off Oct. 3
• Mercury Exposure Rises Dramatically in the U.S.; One of Top Six Toxic Threats
• Paradise Remade: Cleanup of One of the World’s Worst Polluted Places

April 2011:

• Vietnam’s Toxic Craft Villages
• Success Story: Nigeria Lead Poisoning Cleanup Report
• A Tour of Chernobyl: 25 years Later; How Much Radiation is Dangerous?
• Call for Papers: The Journal of Health and Pollution

February 2011:

• Comprehensive Philippine Lead Remediation Starts Shortly
• Introducing New Additions to the Blacksmith Team
• Jakarta Lead Poisoning Initiative Enters Remediation Stage
• Upcoming Speaking Engagements for Blacksmith President Richard Fuller
• Toxic Pollution in Poor Countries – Introducing “JH&P”

January 2011:

• Blacksmith to publish peer-reviewed journal on health and pollution
• Upcoming press conference on lead glaze use in Mexican ceramics
• Thank you donors for your generous holiday support
• Bloomberg reports on continuing lead poisoning outbreak in Nigeria
• Links to more stories and project updates

September 2010:

• Philippines: River Cleanup Award
• Ghana: “Sodom and Gomorrah” E-wasteland
• Reminder: Charity Event to Raise Awareness about Global Killer, Fund Cleanup

July 2010:

• Nigeria: Emergency Update
• Senegal: Closing the Chapter on a Tragedy

June 2010:

• SPECIAL ALERT – EMERGENCY IN NIGERIA.  Over 150 Children Dead from Lead Poisoning Outbreak

May 2010:

• “The Invisible Pollution” – Video of Panel Discussion in India
• China: Replicating a Wetlands Treatment System
• Ghana: Global Inventory Project Expands into West Africa
• Mexico: Removing Lead from a Tradition
• Mexico: New Proponent
• Blacksmith Institute 2009 Annual Report
• In The News
• Blacksmith Video Spotlight

April 2010:

• VIDEO: The Story of Lead – A Tour Through 4 Polluted Sites
• Ghana: Report and Video from the Agbogbloshie E-Wasteland

March 2010:

• Pink Crocodiles in India
• Senegal: PRI’s The World Reports on Lead in Senegal
• Dominican Republic: New Park, Fresh Start in God’s Paradise
• Philippines: Tapping Human Ecology to Clean Up Pollution

Feb. 2010:

• The Pollution Connection: Vaccines, Poverty, IQ and Autism
• Philippines: Pollution Research Project Wins Science Prize
• Philippines: Volunteers
• Russia: Saving Children and the Russian Desman Too

Jan. 2010:

• New Grant for Global Inventory
• Lead Cleanup Continues in Senegal
• Mercury: The Burning Issue (Video of artisanal gold mines in Indonesia)
• A Champion for Children – Dr. Philip J. Landrigan

Dec. 2009:

• Save a Life this December
• Behind the Global Inventory Project
• Making A List and Checking it off

Nov. 2009:

• Going Online to Take Pollution Offline
• The End of Pollution? New Report Highlights Top 12 Pollution Solutions That May Pave The Way
• “Lead Head” Scientist Travels the World for Blacksmith
• Golf Benefit Raises Money for Cleanup
• Babies and Lead
• Dominican Republic: Paraíso de Dios Receives Additional Help
• Philippines: Floods and Landslides Affect Pollution Cleanup Projects

Oct. 2009 Special Bulletin – Release of 2009 Blacksmith report

Sept. 2009

• New Blacksmith Report Out This Fall
• IAEA Taps Blacksmith’s Expertise for “Toxic Playpen
• Philippines: Toxic Stew Contaminates Essential River System
• Bringing People Together to Fight Pollution in India

Aug. 2009 – Cleaning up Kindergartens, New Projects Launch

• Blacksmith Golf Benefit
• Call for 2009 Nominations
• Russia: Success Story–Playgrounds, Sandboxes, Kindergartens Get Cleaned Up
• China: E-Waste Project Launches
• Mexico: Removing Toxic Lead from Ceramics
• Indonesia: Looking for Asia’s Most Polluted Sites
• India: Vapi Removed from World’s Worst List
• Blacksmith Board Member Invests in a Clean World

July 2009 – Pollution:  A Global Killer, a Solvable Problem

• Pollution: A Global Killer, A Solvable Problem
• Peru: New York Times and BBC Spotlights Blacksmith Project in La Oroya
• Senegal: Blacksmith Goes from House to House, Preparing for Children’s Return
• Ukraine: Another Chernobyl?
• India: Toxin-Eating Worms to Take on Golden Corridor
• More Experts Volunteer for Blacksmith Projects
• Health and Pollution Fund