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Czech Experts Will Help to Solve the Problem of Toxic Pollution in Kazakhstan

Czech Experts Will Help to Solve the Problem of Toxic Pollution in Kazakhstan

After successful projects of help to contaminated areas in the Czech Republic , and mapping of pesticide storages in Armenia , experts from the Arnika Association and the...

“It was a week full of inspiration,” Belarusian ecologists assess the excursion in the Czech Republic

“It was a week full of inspiration,” Belarusian ecologists assess the excursion in the Czech Republic

The work of Arnika does not start and end within the borders of the Czech Republic. A few years ago, we were inspired by our colleagues west of our borders who had experience...

Fight on mercury in Neratovice is going on, Spolana owners refused a compromise

Fight on mercury in Neratovice is going on, Spolana owners refused a compromise

The Polish owner of the company Spolana Neratovice refused the accommodating proposals, however, the Czech managers wanted to reach an agreement. This is Arnika's judgement on...

Spolana must stop using toxic mercury by the end of 2014

Spolana must stop using toxic mercury by the end of 2014

The company Spolana Neratovice must not use toxic mercury for chlorine production after the end of 2014. The Regional Authority of the Region of Central Bohemia decided in this...

Bém left, the power of developers remains - Arnika evaluated last year's work of Prague leaders

Bém left, the power of developers remains - Arnika evaluated last year's work of Prague leaders

Even now, the shape of Prague is mostly determined by developers. Although Pavel Bém has not been sitting in the chair of the Mayor of Prague for two years, it seems as if his...

Mercury treaty	must	reduce global emissions

Mercury treaty must reduce global emissions

Controversy grows over proposed name, Minamata Convention The health of current and future generations depends on an international mercury treaty that will ensure substantial...

A new study shows that high mercury concentrations are present in fish and human hair from all over the world

A new study shows that high mercury concentrations are present in fish and human hair from all over the world

Today, an international network of non-governmental organisations, IPEN, published a study which focuses upon the contamination of certain regions of our planet by toxic mercury....

Will the international convention help in preventing Elbe and Ohre rivers from mercury contamination?

Will the international convention help in preventing Elbe and Ohre rivers from mercury contamination?

Internationally significant places polluted with toxic mercury are present also in the Czech Republic Representatives of nearly two hundred countries will be discussing how to...

Czech bream wins – at least in the concentration of mercury in blood. And it lives in the Elbe under Spolana

Czech bream wins – at least in the concentration of mercury in blood. And it lives in the Elbe under Spolana

MĚLNÍK – In two of eight samples of carp bream the maximum permitted concentration of mercury in fish in the European Union was exceeded. One of them even takes first place in...

Spolana wants to use toxic mercury in chlorine production for another six years

Spolana wants to use toxic mercury in chlorine production for another six years

Spolana Neratovice has made a request for extending the life of the outdated technology that uses considerable amount of mercury. Despite the fact that Spolana should have...

New Mercury Treaty negotiations heading towards losing the right to be called the “Minamata Convention”

New Mercury Treaty negotiations heading towards losing the right to be called the “Minamata Convention”

Current text released at the 4 th meeting for a global, legally binding treaty on mercury, underway in Punta del Este, Uruguay, refrains from requiring obligatory action to clean...

Public informational center on chemical safety and waste in Minsk was opened by CES and Arnika

Public informational center on chemical safety and waste in Minsk was opened by CES and Arnika

Public informational center on chemical safety and waste issues created in Minsk – stated in the press-conference held on 20 th of December 2011.