Photos from The Brown Agenda.

The soccer field in Cinangka during Pure Earth's remediation. Photo credit: Pure Earth
The soccer field in Cinangka during Pure Earth’s remediation. Photo credit: Pure Earth
In Agbogbloshie, Ghana, locals burn scrap wires and other electronic waste (e-waste) at informal processing areas to extract the valuable copper within. The burning poisons the landscape and releases large amounts of toxic fumes into the air, which settle into the water and ground and contaminated food sold in the nearby markets. Agbogbloshie is one of the largest e-waste dumpsites in Africa. Photo credit: Dr. Jack Caravanos
In Agbogbloshie, Ghana, locals burn scrap wires and other electronic waste (e-waste) at informal processing areas to extract the valuable copper within. The burning poisons the landscape and releases large amounts of toxic fumes into the air, which settle into the water and ground and contaminated food sold in the nearby markets. Agbogbloshie is one of the largest e-waste dumpsites in Africa.
Photo credit: Dr. Jack Caravanos
An abandoned childcare center in Pripyat, near Chernobyl--the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history, which emitted more than 400 times the amount of radioactive material as the Hiroshima bombing. Photo credit: Dr. Jack Caravanos
An abandoned childcare center in Pripyat, near Chernobyl–the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history, which emitted more than 400 times the amount of radioactive material as the Hiroshima bombing.
Photo credit: Dr. Jack Caravanos
A worker in a hazmat suit works inside one of the storage tanks at the TNT factory. This was one of the most dangerous cleanups Pure Earth has ever conducted. Photo credit: Andrew McCartor
A worker in a hazmat suit works inside one of the storage tanks at the TNT factory. This was one of the most dangerous cleanups Pure Earth has ever conducted. Photo credit: Andrew McCartor
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