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32-531: Nearly half of China's lead production is located in Tianying and the surrounding area. The use of antiquated technology and lack of proper disposal 29°55′N 119°25′E  /  29.917°N 119.417°E  / 29.917; 119.417 has led to high levels of lead pollution in the area. While the government closed some of the lead factories in 2003, the Blacksmith Institute still rated

64-470: A collaborative, multi-sectoral approach to address the global pollution crisis and the resulting health and economic impacts. GAHP’s overall goal is to reduce death and illness caused by all forms of toxic pollution, including air, water, soil and chemical wastes especially in low and middle-income countries. GAHP is a collaborative body made up of more than 60 members and dozens of observers that advocates for resources and solutions to pollution problems. GAHP

96-535: A foundation in 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. GAHP focuses its efforts in two main areas: advocacy and awareness raising and country-specific support. GAHP builds public, technical and financial support to address pollution globally by promoting scientific research, raising awareness and tracking progress. GAHP assists low- and middle-income countries to prioritize and address pollution and problems through Health and Pollution Action Plans. In October 2017, GAHP published

128-463: A new name – Pure Earth – with the aim of broadening awareness of global toxic pollution issues to the general public. For over a decade, Pure Earth's World’s Worst Pollution Problems reports identified and drew attention to the worst, and most dangerously polluted places on the planet, while documenting and quantifying the startling health and environmental impacts of this neglected problem. The series of reports succeeded in raising global awareness about

160-470: A ranking of pollution deaths on a global, regional and country level with Pollution and Health Metrics: Global, Regional and Country Analysis Archived 2021-03-08 at the Wayback Machine reports. Pollution remains the world’s largest environmental threat to human health, responsible in 2017 for 15% of all deaths globally, and 275 million Disability-Adjusted Life Years. The 2019 report, which uses

192-558: Is made accessible to governments so that they can formulate plans to prioritize action on pollution that poses the most risk to populations. The public can view the data at pollution.org In July 2012, Pure Earth convened a third meeting of world leaders and experts on pollution at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in Italy. The Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAPH) was formed that year by Pure Earth,

224-708: The Journal of Health and Pollution ( JH&P ) is a quarterly on-line journal of peer reviewed research and news. JH&P is grant funded by the World Bank and the European Union. There are no charges to readers or authors. JH&P aims to facilitate discussion of toxic pollution, impacts to human health and strategies for site remediation. The journal focuses on work by researchers from or about under-represented low- and middle-income countries. In October 2022, Pure Earth’s Founder and President Richard Fuller

256-549: The Government of China to regulate it. The largest foundry in Tianying is the Government-owned Jiaxin Group which employs much of the population. This foundry is also located in the middle of the city which has had significant consequences for those individuals living in close proximity. Studies have shown that air and soil samples in Tianying have exceed national health standards by 8.5 to 10 times

288-502: The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , with additional coordination and input from United Nations Environment, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the World Bank. Pure Earth's Toxic Site Identification Program (TSIP) works to identify and screen contaminated sites in low- and middle-income countries where public health is at risk. Pure Earth has trained more than 400 toxic sites investigators around

320-666: The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health in collaboration with The Lancet . The commission "addresses the full health and economic costs of air, water, and soil pollution . Through analyses of existing and emerging data, the Commission reveals pollution’s severe and underreported contribution to the Global Burden of Disease. It uncovers the economic costs of pollution to low-income and middle-income countries. The Commission will inform key decision makers around

352-710: The Lancet Commission on health and pollution which concludes that pollution is the largest environmental cause of death in the world today, killing three times more people than AIDS/HIV, tuberculosis and malaria combined, and 15 times more deaths and war and other forms of violence. In 2015, Pure Earth helped to successfully advocate for broadening the scope of toxic pollution addressed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2020, Pure Earth and UNICEF issued an urgent call to protect 800 million children poisoned by lead, following

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384-805: The Pollution Crisis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Affects Everyone’s Health, and What We Can Do to Address It. Pure Earth was founded as the Blacksmith Institute in 1999. In 2014, Blacksmith launched a new initiative – Blacksmith Institute for a Pure Earth – with English actor Dev Patel as celebrity ambassador. Patel worked closely with Blacksmith to suggest the new name, and will help support efforts to raise awareness about toxic pollution, an issue he says he first grew aware of after filming in India. Blacksmith will slowly transition to

416-540: The United States and elsewhere that, though there are costs associated with restricting pollution, countries also incur costs by failing to do so." Fareed Zakaria issued a passionate commentary about pollution's deadly global impact. The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health is an initiative of The Lancet, the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (for which Pure Earth serves as Secretariat), and

448-447: The United States' top performing nonprofits . Pure Earth was formerly known as the Blacksmith Institute, which was recognized for a series of World's Worst Pollution Problems reports that first brought attention to the global pollution problem. [1] In 2017, Pure Earth President Richard Fuller and Dr. Philip Landrigan , serving as co-chairs of the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health , issued an open letter , and presided over

480-609: The World Bank, UNEP, UNDP, UNIDO, Asian Development Bank, the European Commission, Ministries of Environment and Health of many low- and middle-income countries to address pollution and health at scale. Blacksmith serves as Secretariat for the GAHP . Blacksmith began coordinating an international effort to create a global alliance in 2008. The effort was formerly called the Health and Pollution Fund. Published by Pure Earth,

512-428: The acceptable limits. Local wheat contains 24% more lead than the permissible limit and accepted standards for suspended lead particles are exceeded 85% of the time. Over 140,000 people have been affected by heavy metal pollution and other toxic substances in Tianying due to smelting; with dangerous adverse health impacts such as kidney damage, anemia, miscarriages, congenital disabilities, and brain damage observed. Due to

544-526: The extent and impacts of toxic pollution in low- and middle-income countries. All reports are archived at http://worstpolluted.org (Not ranked, listed by region.) The World's Worst Polluted Places in 2013 (unranked): (*included in the original 2006 or 2007 lists) Top Ten Worst Toxic Pollution Problems: The report identifies and quantifies the impacts of the most damaging toxic pollutants. The Top Six Toxic Threats are: The report lists 10 programs, unranked, as examples of successful efforts to reduce

576-453: The fact children are the most susceptible to lead poisoning , an epidemiological study looked at the impacts of Tianying's lead smelting on children by selecting 959 children between the ages of 5 - 12 in the villages where lead smelters were located in residential areas. This group was then compared to a control group of 207 children selected from villages without lead exposure. These results, which were recorded at 496 microgram/L (compared to

608-580: The local environmental protection administration had ordered a halt to all lead production in Jieshou City and Taihe County. In 2007, the Tianying Recycling Economic Park was constructed with more than 40 companies operating within it. The Government spent upwards of USD $ 163 million to complete this transition and make the city healthier for its inhabitants through its construction. As a result of this new industrial complex,

640-567: The nearest village is now located 1 km away, which is an improvement from the last factories which operated within residential neighbourhoods. Pure Earth Pure Earth is a New York City-based international not-for-profit organization founded in 1999 that works to identify, clean up, and solve pollution problems in low- and middle-income countries, where high concentrations of toxic pollution have devastating health impacts, especially on children. These communities suffer disproportionately from pollution-related diseases . Pure Earth remains

672-549: The norm in China of 100 microgram/L), demonstrate that the mean blood lead levels of the children living in polluted areas were substantially higher than those living in non-polluted areas. Side effects in the children affected by lead exposure and poisoning in Tianying included lower IQs, developmental disabilities, attention deficit disorder, hearing and vision disabilities, stomach and colon irritation, kidney damage, and brain damage. In 2003, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported that

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704-547: The only significant organization of its kind working to solve pollution on a global scale. Pure Earth's work focuses on two key pollutants: lead and mercury. The Global Lead Program works on reducing lead poisoning from three key sources poisoning millions of children in low- and middle-income countries: the unsafe and informal recycling of used lead-acid (car) batteries; lead-glazed pottery, and contaminated spices.   The Global Mercury Program works to reduce mercury from artisanal and small scale gold mining communities around

736-477: The place as one of the world's most polluted in 2007. Tianying, along with the Chinese city of Linfen , are two of the world's most polluted cities according to Time . Battery smelting - the cause of most of the city's pollution, is the process of rendering down old batteries to retrieve the lead within it to use in other technologies. This process accounts for much of Tianying's economy, making it difficult for

768-477: The publication of their joint report: The Toxic Truth: Children’s exposure to lead pollution undermines a generation of potential . The report revealed that lead poisoning is affecting children on a massive and previously unknown scale – one in three children globally have elevated blood lead levels, and nearly half of them live in South Asia. Pure Earth has been recognized by Charity Navigator as one of

800-443: The release of the landmark report from the Commission, which confirmed that pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world today —causing 3x more deaths than HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria combined, and 15x more deaths than wars and all forms of violence. The report's findings made headlines around the world. The Washington Post 's editorial concluded that "The Lancet study should remind leaders in

832-463: The toll of pollution on human health. It also includes two initiatives with worldwide impact. As of September 2007, the Institute lists the following as the world's ten most polluted places (in alphabetical order by country): Global Alliance on Health and Pollution GAHP ( Global Alliance on Health and Pollution ) is a network of international and national level agencies committed to

864-521: The world about the burden that pollution places on health and economic development, and about available cost-effective pollution control solutions and strategies." The report's findings were distributed widely through media outlets, reaching over 2 billion people and counting. The work of the Commission was also covered extensively through special partnerships with high-profile media organizations.   In addition, GAHP updates findings from The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, and provides

896-583: The world by training miners to go mercury free, and helping miners in the Amazon rainforest restore land damaged by mining. Pure Earth is known for the Toxic Sites Identification Program, a global movement to find and clean up the world’s most toxic sites. The program has trained over 500 pollution investigators and 90 government representatives worldwide, who have identified and mapped over 5000 toxic hotspots in communities around

928-421: The world to find, map and assess polluted sites that pose health risks in their communities. To date, TSIP investigators have identified more than 3,100 sites in over 50 countries. These sites alone represent a potential health risk to more than 80 million poor people. The data collected by TSIP investigators is entered into Pure Earth's database of polluted sites, the largest database of its kind. This information

960-467: The world. The data they collect has built an “unprecedented public database of toxic sites” that helps local communities and governments plan clean up to protect residents. Pure Earth is also known for initiating the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution , which in turn led to the formation of The Lancet Commission on pollution and health and the publication of the groundbreaking report from

992-588: Was formed because international and national level actors/ agencies recognize that a collaborative, multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral approach is necessary and critical to deal with the global pollution crisis and resulting health and economic impacts. In 2012, Pure Earth initiated the alliance with representatives from the World Bank , UNEP , UNDP , UNIDO , Asian Development Bank , the European Commission , and Ministries of Environment and Health of many low and middle-income countries to formulate strategies to address pollution and health at scale. GAHP incorporated as

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1024-465: Was included in the #FuturePerfect50 list from Vox, recognizing “The scientists, thinkers, scholars, writers, and activists building a more perfect future.” In 2010, Pure Earth's impact was charted in a profile of its founder Richard Fuller in Time 's "Power of One" column. 2015 saw the release of the book The Brown Agenda . In 2019, Pure Earth released the report Pollution Knows No Borders: How

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