New @CGDev paper featured in the @FT.
Across 17 low- and middle-income countries, at least 1 in 10 schools sits within 5km of a documented contaminated site. That's roughly 250,000 schools and 43 million children.
https://t.co/g2JJZfxdIS
@PSchlicky@nhilsi@mawilms "Nestlé, began aggressively marketing infant formula as scientific, modern, prestigious, and (falsely) nutritionally superior to breastmilk (Hicks 1981)"
Our latest long read looks at lead pollution as a form of air pollution — including residual emissions from before the ban on leaded petrol, and private aviation.
https://t.co/HqkAoS7vdm
Profits up. Justice delayed. As Joyce, 15, from says: “Children in #Kabwe also have dreams…we want to have a bright future.” Yet families affected by mining pollution in #Zambia are still waiting for accountability. On #WorldEnvironmentDay read more https://t.co/wgc6uOyfX2
Neonatal sepsis kills 700,000 newborns every year — one baby every 45 seconds.
A joint @cgdev and @UChi_MSA working group is launching an advance market commitment to spur the development of affordable, accurate rapid diagnostic tests for neonatal sepsis.
https://t.co/VFZK4XbbbS
📢 New funding opportunity: Up to $5 million available for research on global lead poisoning.
CGD and @coeff_giving are seeking proposals that can help answer critical questions on lead exposure, source identification, battery recycling, policy effectiveness, and more.
Expressions of interest due August 2, 2026.
https://t.co/3u6RHWdMyk
Starting tomorrow: CGD and the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future's Second Annual Research Conference on Global Lead Exposure.
Researchers, policymakers, implementers, and funders will gather in London to explore the latest evidence on lead exposure and how to translate research into action.
Learn more ⤵️
https://t.co/LvrscyA143
Great piece here. What’s happening in Soho is repeated across the country, bringing together many of Britain’s economic problems. Burdensome planning/licensing regimes, an ageing society with too much power placed with asset/time rich and presumption in favour of no.