Companies again emitted more toxic substances in Czechia in 2021
PRAGUE – The amount of discharged carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reprotoxic substances (substances endangering reproduction) has increased significantly year-on-year. Emissions of...
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Thai colleagues visited the Czech Republic. They spoke at the BDS conference and toured laboratories
The last time we had a visit from Thai colleagues from the EARTH organization [1] in Arnika was in 2018. Therefore, we were glad they attended Prague's Biodetectors Conference in...
International cooperation is the answer to global pollution, scientists confirmed at the Prague conference
15 September 2022, PRAGUE/JAKARTA/BANGKOK – The international BioDetectors conference took place in Prague on 13-14 September and was attended by experts worldwide. They can use...
Chemicals in Waste Will Continue to Pose Health and Environmental Threats Under New EU Rules
June 23, PRAGUE - Earlier this week, the European Council and Parliament reached an agreement on new limits on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in wastes, but unfortunately,...
BRS Conventions take steps for global protections from toxic chemicals
GENEVA - Several notable decisions were adopted at the closing of two weeks of negotiations of the Joint Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm...
As developing countries stay vulnerable, struggle for stricter POPs limits continues
The Nexus3 Foundation (Indonesia), together with the Arnika Association (Czech Republic), and the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) keep calling on the...
A Thai activist: stricter limits on POPs and proper categorization of e-waste will reduce its importation into Thailand
A conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions is happening in Geneva. A delegation from the NGO Ecological Alert and Recovery – Thailand...
Arnika’s interventions at BRS meeting: Health and environment must be the priority criterion
Arnika’s lead expert Jindřich Petrlík and IPEN Global Researcher based in Arnika Jitka Straková called for improvements of the Stockholm convention in their interventions at the...
BRS side event: POPs threaten the global circular economy
An important conference of parties of Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions takes place in Geneva these days. Arnika and the International Pollutants Elimination Network...
Cancer-causing Dioxins and PCBs Threaten the Food Supply and Human Health Globally
2 June 2022, GOTHENBURG / PRAGUE / NAIROBI / JAKARTA / YAOUNDÉ / ACCRA / LIBREVILLE / BANGKOK / MONTEVIDEO / CHISINAU / SAN FRANCISCO / BEIJING / DAKAR – A new review of data...
Stricter international limits for hazardous chemicals will help to stop waste imports into Thailand
31 May 2022, Bangkok/Prague – EARTH Thailand, together with the Arnika Association (Czech Republic) and the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) [1], will call on...
Chemical health hazards found in plastic products from 11 African and Arabic countries
A new report finds that many toys and other products made from recycled plastic sold in Africa and Arabic countries contain dioxins at levels equivalent to hazardous waste....
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