OK International In the News
Indian companies are bringing one of the world’s most toxic industries to Africa. People are getting sick.
(The Examination, December 4, 2023)Americans’ Old Car Batteries Are Making Mexican Workers Sick
(New York Times March 20, 2023)Recyclage de batteries au Mexique Une entreprise de la Caisse trop polluante?
(La Press March 24, 2023)Health Alert! Aluminum cooking pot causes heart attack, stroke
(Ghanaian Times March 4, 2022)CDC Lowers the Blood Lead Level That Sparks Action for Kids
(Consumer Reports October 29, 2021)Toxic charge: How batteries are poisoning Kinshasa’s children
(Aljazeera, October 29, 2021)Silicosis and the countertop industry
(The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, October 11, 2021)Getting the Lead Out: Why Battery Recycling Is a Global Health Hazard
(Yale 360, November 2, 2020)Notre-Dame's Toxic Fallout
(The New York Times, September 16, 2019)The true scale of artisanal mining
(The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, April 5, 2019)Opinion: Eliminating lead paint would save millions of lives
Perry Gottesfeld and Johnson Ongking. (The Mercury News, November 28, 2018)Battery recycling underlies elevated lead in African soils
(Earth Magazine May 2018)A Kenyan mother, two disappearing Indian businessmen, and the battery factory that poisoned a village
(Quartz, March 18 2018)Paint it Black - The Menace of Lead Poisoning
(The Economist, Feb 24, 2018)PPG Industries will phase out lead from all paints by 2020
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette April 21, 2016)Paint giant PPG announces it will phase lead out of its products by 2020
(Cleveland Plain Dealer April 22, 2016)Protesters bring lead paint fight to Sherwin-Williams shareholder meeting
(Cleveland Plain Dealer April 20, 2016)PPG will remove lead from paint
(Chemical & Engineering News, May 2, 2016)A dangerous export
(The Washington Post, February 26, 2016)Toronto company's lead-based products a danger to world health, critics say
(CBC News, December 1, 2015)Feds Block Shareholders' Attempt To End Production Of Toxic Lead Paint
(Huffington Post, May 13, 2015)Corrupt Executives Sent To Prison For Pumping Toxic Leaded Fuel Overseas
(Huffington Post, August 9, 2014)Study: African Aluminum Pots Contain Lead
(Voice of America, August 15, 2014)AIHce 2014: Perry Gottesfeld Recognized for World Leadership in EHS
(EHS Today, June 5, 2014)Toxic Lead Widespread In World's Largest Paint Market
(Huffington Post, March 25, 2014)Long Outlawed in the West, Lead Paint Sold in Poor Nations
(Yale 360 Magazine, March 28, 2013)Lead Paint, Other Toxic Products Banned In U.S. Still Exported To Unsuspecting Customers Abroad
(Huffington Post, March 25, 2013)Lead paint still on sale in Africa
(Chemistry World March 26, 2013)Toxic Export Sparks Debate
(Chicago Tribune, April 9, 2013)Report Faults U.S. Use of Mexican Battery Recyclers
(New York Times, February 8, 2013)A Dusty Business (Lancet Infectious Disease, June 2012)
PPG refuses to recall leaded paint in Cameroon
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 6, 2012)Lead From Old U.S. Batteries Sent to Mexico Raises Risks
(December 8, 2011)The Dark Side of Solar
(Indianexpress.com, July 31, 2011)Leaden Rays?
(Conservation Magazine, July 12, 2011)Paint: The Lead that is Poisoning Us
(Cameroon Tribune, March 28, 2011)The Toxic Side of India's Battery Industry
(The Mint, November 18, 2010)Most lead batteries do not end up with registered recyclers
(The Hindu, October 28, 2010)Perry Gottesfeld from OK International is featured in an interview
(National Public Radio's Living on Earth, February 20, 2009)Lead for car batteries poisons an African town
(The Associated Press, January 3, 2009)Peru's Doe Run Subsidiary Loses Environmental Certification
(The Associated Press, April 10, 2008)Doe Run Smelter in La Oroya, Peru, Loses Environmental Certification
(Press Release, April 9, 2008)Water Mist Saves Lives at Stone Crushing Mills
(Press Release, April 8, 2008)Now Green Certificates for Lead Battery Makers
(The Hindu, January 17, 2008)Eco-label for Battery Manufacturers
(Mail Today, January 15, 2008)Disposing of Defective Toys
(The Washington Post, August 13, 2007)Poison Me Elmo
(The Washington Post, August 13, 2007)15 years after Bhopal
(Seattle Post Intelligencer, December 9, 1999)