When an urgent call for help came from the people of an impoverished Peruvian mining town, Saint Louis University answered. The residents of La Oroya, frustrated that no one believed their claims about pollution, sought rigorous scientific research to prove their case to the world. A 2005 study from Saint Louis University would document the elevated levels of toxic metals found in the blood of the children of La Oroya, helping to bring global attention to the plight of the people of the town./-img/-newsfeeds/newsfeed-slu.svg07/13/2026College for Public Health and Social Justicenewsfeed-research