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Pure Earth Named Most Cost-Effective Charity for Improving Wellbeing in the World Happiness Report 2025

By: Sarah Berg Mar 19 , 2025

Spotlight on Pure Earth Ghana- Blessing Enyonam Gbadago on International Women’s Day

By: Nana Agyei Sikapa Ofosu-Manu Mar 06 , 2025

Blessing Enyonam Gbadago- Technical Project Officer, Pure Earth Ghana.    Blessing is an Environmental Geoscientist, and she’s making waves in her field. In an industry long dominated by men, she has carved out a space for herself, excelling and leading...

Pure Earth Releases New Technical Protocols for Mitigating Lead and Mercury Exposure

By: Monica Ratnaraj Jan 13 , 2025

In December, Pure Earth released new and updated technical guidelines and protocols on mitigating lead and mercury exposure, which draw on our 25 years of expertise in assessing and preventing exposure to toxic pollution. The protocols are based on our...

Announcing a Leadership Transition at Pure Earth: Drew McCartor Named President and CEO

By: Angela Bernhardt Oct 02 , 2024

Pure Earth is embarking on a new chapter as we announce the leadership transition of our founder, Rich Fuller, who will step down as President and CEO after 25 years of service, effective November 4, 2024. Under Rich’s entrepreneurial spirit...

Pure Earth Celebrates Launch of the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future at the UN General Assembly

By: Angela Bernhardt Sep 26 , 2024

This has been an unprecedented week for Pure Earth, and all organizations across the globe working to solve the childhood lead poisoning crisis.  Pure Earth Founder, Rich Fuller and Executive Director, Drew McCartor were in attendance September 23rd at the...

Pure Earth Launches Mercury Impact Assessment Project in Ghana with International Collaboration

By: Nana Agyei Sikapa Ofosu-Manu Sep 02 , 2024

Accra, Ghana — On August 27th, 2024, a significant stride towards environmental sustainability and public health was made as Blacksmith Initiative dba Pure Earth launched the Mercury Impact Assessment Study Project in Accra. The project, funded by the Foreign Commonwealth...

Research Brief: How Are Malawi’s Rural Solar Energy Systems and Lead Poisoning Connected? 

By: Chris Kinally Aug 21 , 2024

Note from the author: This blog summarises my PhD research at the University of Manchester which investigates the environmental impacts of off-grid solar technologies in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on Malawi as a case study and collecting novel data describing toxic...

Pure Earth’s Evolution Over 25 Years: A Q&A with Executive Director Drew McCartor 

By: Charles Espinosa Jul 12 , 2024

Pure Earth's Evolution Over 25 Years: A Q&A with Executive Director Drew McCartor  To commemorate our efforts to solve pollution over 25 years, we sat down with Executive Director Drew McCartor to hear about Pure Earth’s journey from a small...

Pure Earth Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Solving Pollution

By: Charles Espinosa Jun 04 , 2024

A lot has changed since Australian environmental engineer Richard Fuller founded Pure Earth in 1999, then called Blacksmith Institute. What began as a small organization cleaning up sites contaminated with toxic pollution has morphed into a global pioneer of pollution...

USAID Assistant Administrator Gawande and Pure Earth Philippines Engage Key Stakeholders to Combat Childhood Lead Poisoning in the Philippines

By: Larah Ortega Ibañez Mar 28 , 2024

Following USAID Administrator Samantha Power’s call for lead-free futures at DAVOS in January of this year, Atul Gawande, Assistant Administrator of USAID Global Health, met with the Philippines’ National Poison Management and Control Center (NPMCC) and Pure Earth Philippines to...
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