2009 Photo Gallery
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Credit: Aaron May
Caption: A worldwide phaseout of leaded gasoline is nearly complete.
Russian stockpile with chemical artillery shells. These weapons are
inspected regularly. Chemical test kits help to rule out the presence of warfare agent vapour in air from leaking weapons. This stockpile is in the process of being destroyed since May 2009. Credit: Green Cross Switzerland.
Caption: Exhibit of chemical nuclear warheads at a Russian stockpile. The effect of these warheads is similar to small tactical nuclear warheads.
Credit: Green Cross Switzerland
The Gyapa Stoves project has achieved commercial distribution of improved stoves that help reduce respiratory illness due to cooking fires.
Credit: EnterpriseWorks/VITA
A system in the Candelaria Mines is designed to protect groundwater supplies in this arid region. Credit: Kaworu Koneru
Procession in Copiapó Credit: Kaworu Koneru
Credit: Green Cross Belarus
Caption: Health specialist measures radioactivity during a clinical session.
Credit: Green Cross Belarus
Caption: Youth from Belarus spend at least 4 weeks in camps which provide healthy air and food.
Credit: Green Cross Belarus
Caption: At the end of therapy camp, such as this one in Belarus, children's radionuclide levels are typically lowered by 30 to 80 percent.
Credit: Deepak Gupta
Caption: Delhi's bus fleet is fueled by compressed natural gas.
Caption: Despite aggressive action to control vehicle emissions.Delhi's air is still polluted.
Credit: Dave Morris
Children are the primary beneficiaries of the Haina lead removal program.
Credit: Blacksmith Institute
Local contractors in the Dominican Republic were hired and trained to manage hazardous materials cleanup.
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Caption: Lead removal in progress in Haina; removing the pollutant solves the health problem.
A lead smelting operation in the area has converted from processing ore to less-polluting battery recycling.
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Caption: Use of retort technology enables miners to reduce mercury emissions and release of mercury into the environment.
Credit: Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta
Caption: Awareness-raising with high school students
Credit: Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta
Kalimantan's gold mining community is involved in ongoing development of retort technology
Credit: Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta
Suzhou Creek was once known as the "Black and Stink."
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Suzhou Creek During Rehabilitation Project is a 12-year effort to imrpove water quality and control flooding.
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Credit: Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission
Caption: Training local tradespeople to operate in-situ water treatment plant.
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Credit: Blacksmith Institute. Caption: Measuring milk in Kasli
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- Phasing Out Leaded Gasoline
- Ending Chemical Weapons
- Improving Indoor Air - Ghana
- Preventing Mining Pollution - Chile
- Lowering Radioactivity - Chernobyl
- Cleaning Urban Air - India
- Removing Lead - Dom. Republic
- Recapturing Mercury - Indonesia
- Reducing Lead - Russia
- Removing DDT - Tanzania
- Restoring a Waterway - China
- Removing Arsenic - India

