Poison in our cooking pots: study links Ghana’s aluminium cookware to Lead exposure: A policy commentary

In policy and public debates on environmental health, “evidence” is often demanded but then judged inconsistently by the seniority of the source, how recent the study is, or whether findings align with prior beliefs. What matters more is methodological rigour and transparency about limits. This commentary draws on a 2024 Scientific Reports paper describing Pure Earth’s Rapid Market Screening across 25 low- and middle-income countries, including Ghana[1], where researchers systematically purc...

By Kwasi Debrah