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The Need for a Science Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution

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Pollution and One Health

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Fact Sheet: The Global Burden of Disease from Lead Pollution

Pollution and Health Metrics: Global, Regional and Country Analysis

Reducing The Threat Of Toxic Pollution To Women And Girls In Low And Middle-Income Countries

Facts & Figures

900,000

Global deaths due to lead. Chemical pollutants remain a major yet underestimated health risk factor. 

800Mil

Number of children – 1 in 3 – estimated to have BLLs exceeding 5 µg/dl (US Centers for Disease Control trigger level for intervention, recently reduced to 3.5 µg/dl). 

$1 trillion

Annual estimate for global economic losses due to lead-related IQ loss. 

Latest events

[Spanish] Lead Contamination: Health Interventions and Solutions in South America

MEDIA SUPPORT | Latest Research: Consumer Products, Lead Exposure, and Prioritising Solutions in the U.S. and Abroad

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Pollution & Health: A Progress Update of the 2017 Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health

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The Global Lead Forum: Assessing and Addressing Lead Exposure in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

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Sources and Strategies to Reduce Lead Exposure in Africa

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Towards a Global Response to Prevent Lead Poisoning (in English and Spanish): Panel Discussion +Q&A

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70 Year-old Vietnamese Farmers Embrace Modern Farming Techniques

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Chu Huong Thuy’s Success with Sustainable Weed Management in Tea Cultivation

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Chu Huong Thuy’s Success with Sustainable Weed Management in Tea Cultivation

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Ethnic Minority Farmers in Vietnam Reap Economic and Environmental Benefits with IPM Adoption

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Empowering Binh Minh Cooperative Through The IPM Project

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GAHP & VACNE Launches Environmental Contest in Vietnam

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Organic fertilizer made from rice straw helps improve soil for rice cultivation in Ninh Binh Province’s Yen Khanh District

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Impacts of fine dust caused by straw open burning on health under research

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OEWG-14 of Basel Convention Side Event on Nanotech in Used Batteries

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GAHP Advocates for a Dedicated Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution

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The 2024 "The Time To Act Is Now" Photo Contest Is Open!

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Uganda Second Working Group Meeting On Lead Exposure

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GAHP's Participation At DEFRA EPP End Of Year Two Annual Conference

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GAHP's First Working Group Meeting: Promoting Policy Change To Address Lead Exposure In Uganda

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GAHP Engages In Strategic Efforts To Update Waste/Used Lead Acid Batteries Technical Guidelines Under The Basel Convention At A Small Intersessional Working Group Meeting Of Experts In Geneva

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Commemorating 10 years of GAHP

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Pure Earth launches new India Lead Report

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Science Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution

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Gahp position on a Draft Resolution for a Science-policy panel to Support action on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution

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How To Stem The Global Pollution Crisis – One Country, One Transformation At A Time

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GAHP Chairman Richard Fuller Underscores the Global Lead Poisoning Crisis at the Berlin Forum on Chemicals and Sustainability

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Listen Now: Vox’s The Weeds – There’s Lead In Your Turmeric

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