Project Unleaded
Project Unleaded's mission is to create a healthier world by addressing lead poisoning at the source.
Researchers with Project Unleaded are developing solutions that are moving us toward a lead-free world. This effort includes several priorities:
- Identifying and prioritizing the most important sources of lead poisoning globally via source attribution studies.
- Developing and testing interdisciplinary interventions to mitigate and eliminate these sources.
- Advancing field-appropriate rapid measurement techniques to detect lead in humans and the environment.
Read more Project Unleaded's approach, research, and educational materials through its official page below:
Select Publications:
Forsyth et al. 2025, "Lead Exposure and Antisocial Behavior: A Systematic Review of Human and Animal Evidence"
Luby et al. 2024, "Removing lead from the global economy"
Forsyth et al. 2024, “Reductions in spice lead levels in the republic of Georgia: 2020–2022”
Forsyth et al. 2024, "Evidence of turmeric adulteration with lead chromate across South Asia"
Forsyth et al. 2023, "Food safety policy enforcement and associated actions reduce lead chromate adulteration in turmeric across Bangladesh"
Lopez et al. 2022, “Assessing Analytical Methods for the Rapid Detection of Lead Adulteration in the Global Spice Market”
Brown et al. 2022, “Prevalence of elevated blood lead levels and risk factors among children living in Patna, Bihar, India 2020”
Jahir et al. 2021, "Making the invisible visible: Developing and evaluating an intervention to raise awareness and reduce lead exposure among children and their caregivers in rural Bangladesh"
Chowdhury et al. 2021, "Child lead exposure near abandoned lead acid battery recycling sites in a residential community in Bangladesh: Risk factors and the impact of soil remediation on blood lead levels."