Lucia Coulter
@luciacoulter
Doctor + co-founder @leadelimination
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27-05-2009 10:20:00
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Globally, lead toxicity kills 1.6 million/year, most in lower income countries.
Acting on this is one of the world’s best buys for both health and education.
By eliminating lead in consumer goods like house paint, spices and cosmetics, we can pave the way for a #LeadFreeFuture .
One in three children has lead poisoning and it's totally preventable —
Thanks Robert Wiblin for having me on the pod to talk about this and our work at Lead Exposure Elimination Project!
80000hours.org/podcast/episod…
“Lead poisoning constitutes a global health crisis that has been 'extraordinarily neglected' by donors and political leaders”
Great piece by Jesse Copelyn on the Center for Global Development Lead Working Group final statement
theguardian.com/global-develop…
Today Center for Global Development releases the final statement of our Working Group on Lead Poisoning, signed by 26 leading experts and practitioners.
In it, we call on world leaders to end childhood lead poisoning by 2040--and outline why it matters and how it can happen.
cgdev.org/publication/ca…
Lead poisoning is one of the most neglected health challenges in the world today. It is ~1% of the global burden of disease, but we collectively spend <$10M per year to address it.
We are proud to support the work of Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellow Lucia Coulter to create a…
So exciting to be included in Vox's #FuturePerfect50 . I really admire so many of the people featured and their amazing work to make the world better!