Every day, we breathe in the air around us. However, due to the presence of air pollutants, the air we breathe can pose a danger to our health. In 2021 alone, air pollution was...
Ein Kratzen im Hals, schwarze Auspuffwolken und feiner Staub auf der Fensterbank: Luftschadstoffe wie Feinstaub und Stickstoffdioxid belasten noch immer unsere Atemluft und führen zu Krankheiten wi...
Robbie Barbero, of Renaissance Philanthropy, breaks down the number of kids still living with elevated blood lead levels today
Nearly 4 IQ points lost. That's what a small increase in blood lead levels can do to a child. Robbie Barbero of Renaissance Philanthropy translates this loss into real economic impact.
Robbie Barbero, a senior fellow at Renaissance Philanthropy, has spent years on the science of childhood lead exposure: what it does to the developing brain, how it shows up decades later in school...
Unregulated chemical mixtures are always in our bodies
From the day we’re born, our bodies contain a constant mix of chemicals. But our regulatory system only targets these substances one at a time. Current policies don’t adequately account for the hea...
Georgia is expanding its air quality monitoring network with EU and UN support. On 29 May, representatives of the European Union, UNDP, WHO, and the National Environmental Agency visited one of the...
Georgia is expanding its air quality monitoring network with EU and UN support. On 29 May, representatives of the European Union, UNDP, WHO, and the National Environmental Agency visited one of the...
...unts for around half of global warming. The other half is largely down to super pollutants like methane, black carbon and tropospheric ozone. These hidden gases harm our planet...
“Super pollutants” contribute to about half of global heating. Cutting them could help slow climate cha...
...carbon dioxide as the main culprit in climate change, but could tackling “super pollutants” provide an emergency break for global warming?
Dr Tom Grylls tells Alisha Wainwrig...
At the 79th World Health Assembly, our president and CEO @drfrieden joined our partners including Bloomberg Philanthropies to discuss meaningful solutions to reduce lead exposure and its harmful e...
Why Vermont banned a controversial weed killer
Vermont this week became the first US state to ban paraquat, a widely used herbicide that researchers have linked to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. The new law takes effect November 1 an...
Inside Vermont’s new paraquat ban
Vermont on Tuesday became the first US state to ban the weed-killing pesticide paraquat, backed by lawmakers who cited concerns about research showing the chemical may cause Parkinson’s disease.
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Athletes and coaches agree: Playing these days is getting harder because climate pollution is making extreme heat deadlier and intensifying air pollution.
And unfortunately, it will only get harde...
...ond Trump administration and the difficulty of assessing the effects of various pollutants on communities.
For over a year, Freepoint's "chemical recycling" has been burning plastic while claiming it's recycling. 🔥 This facility has been misregulated — spewing dangerous and toxic pollution into Ohio's a..
The Center for Global Development is hosting its Second Annual Research Conference on Global Lead Exposure. The conference will convene researchers, policymakers, and implementers, all working to s...
The Center for Global Development is hosting its Second Annual Research Conference on Global Lead Exposure. The conference will convene researchers, policymakers, and implementers, all working to s...