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The Journal of Health and Pollution (JH&P)

JH&P is a semiannual on-line journal of peer reviewed research and news published by the Blacksmith Institute. JH&P aims to facilitate discussion of toxic pollution, impacts to human health and strategies for site remediation.

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Romanovka's Uranium Mine

PROBLEM: Mining and poor land-use decisions caused a cancer cluster

SOLUTION: Cap and seal radioactive soils and teach locals better land-use methods

Fighting pollution down to the last radioactive hole in the ground
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Blacksmith News

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Slideshow: World's Worst Pollution Problems
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A Global Alliance for a Toxics-Free World
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Reporter revisits Blacksmith-identified hotspot in "beautiful China"
The Lancet Covers the 2012 World's Worst Pollution Problems Report
Pollution as big a health problem as malaria or TB, finds report
Slideshow: Top 10 Toxic Industries
Study Argues Pollutions is as Deadly as Malaria
Blacksmith works with chemical industry to clean up legacy pollution
GAHP update, mercury negotiations and other news
Unprecedented Global Alliance to Tackle Toxic Pollution on Worldwide Scale
Ten of the most polluted places on earth
Radiation in Kyrgyzstan's Schools
The new Journal of Health and Pollution is Out - New Research on Borax, X-Ray Analyz...
Cleaning up 30 poisoned villages in India - small project, big potential
Q and A with Blacksmith about cleaning up one of world's worst polluted rivers
Getting Toxic Lead Out of Mexico's Pottery
Burning Old Computers Threatens Ghana's Health
Blacksmith Paper on Toxic Sites Identification Program
Call for Proposals - Blacksmith Small Research Grants
Filipino Gold Miner Reveals "Secret" To Reducing Global Mercury Emissions
Cleaning Mercury Out of Indonesian Gold
Cold War Threat Brings City To Brink of Disaster
Outbreak of Fatal Childhood Lead Poisoning Related to Artisanal Gold Mining in North...
Heroic NGO Takes On Big Job Of Global Toxic Cleanup
Industry Cannot Ignore Contaminated Sites
Karti Sandilya talks about pollution and his work with Blacksmith
Doe Run Peru - A Solution in Sight
Blacksmith responds to "sensationalist" claim about tanneries and pollution
Blacksmith and World Bank Partner to Take Care of "Orphaned" Polluted Sites
10 Things You Might Not Know About Pollution
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