Blacksmith Success Stories
Below are some examples of successful interventions
- Cleanup of the Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando River system in the Philippines, polluted with heavy metals from industrial waste.
- Cleanup of Haina in the Dominican Republic, a city that has been referred to as the Dominican Chernobyl because of its excessive levels of lead pollution.
- Reduction of toxic mercury emissions from artisanal gold mining in Manica, Mozambique.
- Establishing Air Quality Plan for Cambodia.
- Lead gasoline phase out in Senegal.
- Lead Pollution in Kabwe, Zambia.
- Cleanup of groundwater pollution in Kanpur, India.
- Cleanup of an estimated 3,000 tons of hazardous industrial wastes in Muthia village, Ahmedabad City, India.
- Removal of radioactive waste in Krasnoufimsk in the Central Urals, Russia.
- Remediation of arsenic mines in Wenshan, China.
- Remediation of old uranium mining sites in Romanovka Village, Russia.
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