In the beginning it was just two friends trying to make a difference. Today, Pure Earth is one of the leading organizations working on pollution cleanup on a global scale. Here’s a look back at 20 years of pollution solutions improving lives, and how the work of Pure Earth staff and researchers in the field have helped to raise awareness and change the conversation about the need to address pollution — the largest environmental cause of death and disease in the world today.
“We’re all exposed, we’re all at risk.” ––Dr. Frederica Perera, Director, Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health, Columbia University; member of the Pure Earth Leadership Council; and Commissioner, Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health.
Where do your food and products come from? Watch their movement around the globe in this series of interactive data visualizations from Carnegie Mellon’s CREATE Lab. To explore the interconnectedness of our global economy interactively, visit PureEarth.org.
