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21st August 2014, 01:55 PM
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Blacksmith institute doe run
What is the Blacksmith institute doe run? Will you please provide me the list of Blacksmith Institute Partners?
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21st August 2014, 02:30 PM
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Re: Blacksmith institute doe run
The embattled Doe Run lead smelting facility in Peru may finally be getting a break. Dr. Juan Carlos Huyhua is the president of Doe Run Peru, in New York. Three years ago, the plant was shut down by a mixture of politics and litigation. Blacksmith Institute started working in some of the world's worst polluted places, sharing resources and expertise with local groups and agencies to solve pollution problems, clean up polluted sites, and save lives. Blacksmith Institute Partners International Organizations Asian Development Bank Global Mercury Project International Institute for Environment and Development United Nations Wildlife Conservation Society World Bank Government Agencies Government of Cambodia, Ministries of the Environment, Health, Industry, and Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Central Pollution Control Board Government of Mozambique, Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs Government of Philippines, Ministry of Environment Government of Senegal, Ministry of Environment Technical Agencies Harvard University School of Public Health Hunter College Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mount Sinai School of Medicine Quality Environmental Solutions, Inc. Roux Associates, Inc. University of Idaho International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) - Read about Blacksmith/ICCA legacy pollution project in Gorlovka, Ukraine Non-Governmental Organizations Africa Clean AGENDA for the Environment ARE (Advocacy for Restoration of the Environment) Asociacion Civil Labor, Peru Centre D’Appui au Develeppement Centro Terra Viva - Estudos e Advocacia Ambiental China Chongqing Green Volunteers Union Concept Biotech DRONT Eco-Friend Ecogea (Center for Ecological and Civil Initiatives) EMT (Environmental Management Trust) EnLAW (Environmental Law for the Wants) EnviPro (Environmental Professional’s Organization) Environmental Journalists Group Far Eastern Health Fund Green Cross Switzerland Greener Beijing Institute Janhit Foundation KERF (Kabwe Environmental and Rehabilitation Foundation) LEAT (Lawyers’ Environmental Action Team) Map Ta Phut Hospital Mayak NGO Mechner Foundation Medical Waste Management Committee, Cambodia Msimbazi River Action Network NEED Oriental Environmental Institute SEW (Sakhalin Environment Watch) SOKOL Somalia Environment and Development Organization TECHA Volga Center for Environmental Health Yunnan Environmental Protection Bureau 2013 report: Top Ten Toxic Threats in 2013: Cleanup, Progress, and Ongoing Challenges The report presents a new list of the top ten polluted places and provides updates on sites previously published by Blacksmith and Green Cross. The World's Worst Polluted Places in 2013 (unranked): Agbogbloshie, Ghana Chernobyl*, Ukraine Citarum River, Indonesia Dzerzhinsk, Russia* Hazaribagh, Bangladesh Kabwe*, Zambia Kalimantan, Indonesia Matanza River, Argentina Niger River Delta, Nigeria Norilsk*, Russia 2012 report: The Top Ten Sources by Global Burden of Disease Battery Recycling Lead Smelting Mining and Ore Processing Tanneries Industrial/Municipal Dumpsites Industrial Estates Artisanal Gold Mining Product Manufacturing Chemical Manufacturing Dye Industry 2011 report: The Top Ten of the Toxic Twenty The report lists the worst toxic pollution problems according to human health impact. The evaluation is based on data collected by the Blacksmith Institute and the Swiss Green Cross. Top Ten Worst Toxic Pollution Problems: Artisanal Gold Mining - Mercury Industrial Estates - Lead Agricultural Production- Pesticides Lead Smelting - Lead Tannery Operation - Chromium Mining and Ore Processing - Mercury Mining and Ore Processing - Lead Lead-Acid Battery Recycling - Lead Naturally Occurring Arsenic in Ground Water - Arsenic Pesticide Manufacturing and Storage – Pesticide 2010 report: Top Six Toxic Threats The report identifies and quantifies the impacts of the most damaging toxic pollutants. The Top Six Toxic Threats are:[11] Lead Mercury Chromium Arsenic Pesticides Radionuclides 2009 report: 12 Cases of Cleanup and Success The report lists 10 programs, unranked, as examples of successful efforts to reduce the toll of pollution on human health. It also includes two initiatives with worldwide impact.[12][13][14][15] Improving indoor air - Accra, Ghana[13] Preventing mining pollution - Candelaria, Chile[13] Lowering radioactivity - Chernobyl, Ukraine[13] Cleaning urban air - Delhi, India[13] Removing lead - Haina, Dominican Republic[12][13] Recapturing mercury - Kalimantan, Indonesia[13] Reducing lead - Rudnaya Pristan, Russia[13] Removing DDT - Old Korogwe, Tanzania[12][13] Restoring a waterway - Shanghai, China[13] Removing arsenic - West Bengal, India[13] Phasing out leaded gasoline - Worldwide[12] Ending chemical weapons - Worldwide[12] 2008 report: Top Ten World's Worst Pollution Problems[edit] Artisanal Gold Mining Contaminated Surface Water Indoor Air Pollution Industrial Mining Activities Groundwater Contamination Metals Smelting and Processing Radioactive Waste and Uranium Mining Untreated Sewage Urban Air Quality Used Lead Acid Battery Recycling 2006 and 2007 reports: Top Ten World's Worst Polluted Places[edit] As of September 2007, the Institute lists the following as the world's ten most polluted places (in alphabetical order by country):[16] Sumqayit, Azerbaijan Linfen, China Tianying, China Sukinda, India Vapi, India (Update: Removed from list due to significant improvements[17]) La Oroya, Peru Dzerzhinsk, Russia Norilsk, Russia Chernobyl, Ukraine Kabwe, Zambia Also mentioned Godwin, Kenya Matanza, Argentina Hazaribagh, India DongYangHuaxi, China Lanzhou, China Urumqi, China Wanshan, China Haina, Dominican Republic Oriente, Ecuador Mahad Industrial Estate, India Ranipet, India Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan Mexico City, Mexico Huancavelica, Peru Meycauayan, Philippines Marilao, Philippines Bratsk, Russia Chita, Russia Magnitogorsk, Russia Rudnaya Pristan, Russia |
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