Lead exposure lowers IQ and learning and raises cardiovascular risk later in life. Children absorb it during the years their brains are developing fastest, and a lot of them are sitting in classrooms next door to the source.
"An Introduction to the ULAB Problem"
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Global convergence in feeling free
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In an interactive map I show which specific schools are located proximate to which specific contaminated sites
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Exposure is concentrated in cities where the wealthiest families live, reaching big majorities of schools in capital cities
Coverage of our lead conference in the Independent: "Inside the fight against the global $6 trillion lead poisoning problem"
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For more here's the blog & map: cgdev.org/blog/million...
FT Coverage: ft.com/content/19be...
Full paper: cgdev.org/publication/...
New @cgdev.org paper featured in the @financialtimes.com
Across 17 low- and middle-income countries, at least 1 in 10 schools sits within 5km of a documented contaminated site. That's roughly 250,000 schools and 43 million children.
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Lee Crawfurd
Lee Crawfurd
Lee Crawfurd
Our latest long read looks at lead pollution as a form of air pollution — including residual emissions from before the ban on leaded petrol, and private aviation.
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Study shows many schools are located close to lead recycling plants
📣 Are you researching solutions to global lead poisoning?
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Lee Crawfurd
Lee Crawfurd
Lee Crawfurd
Lee Crawfurd
Lee Crawfurd
Momentum on tackling global lead poisoning continues to grow. But there’s still too much that we don’t know. We have issued a second Request for Proposals (RfP), jointly with Coefficient Giving, for r...
