Toxic Metals Found in Ceramic Mugs on the Serbian Market
Serbian organisation Safer Chemicals Alternative, together with the Czech organisation Arnika, has published a new report titled “A Heavier Sip”, presenting the results that show...
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Rising persecution of environmental defenders signals shrinking civic space
Environmental defenders across Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia are increasingly facing legal pressure, intimidation and attemptsto restrict their work. Non-governmental...
Jasminka Ranđelović: Tracing Toxic Substances in Turbulent Serbia
The organizations ALHem and Arnika , a Czech NGO, are defending the right to safe consumer goods for people in Serbia . Recently, we jointly tested school bags, handbags,...
Banned but still being sold. Testing in Serbia reveals plastic goods full of dangerous phthalates
BELGRADE - Even when strict regulations are introduced on toxic substances in consumer goods, these can still be present and pose a threat to public health, as showed by a recent...
The project Youth for a Healthy Serbia wants to activate and motivate young Serbian society
Using practical examples, they will experience how to prepare and successfully implement a campaign for important issues in the protection of the environment and citizens' health...
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...
Cities of Europe face a growing conflict between private and public interests
As urbanization in European countries goes on, the quality of life in urban areas and the sustainability of spatial planning are becoming crucial. A conflict between private and...
Soft plastic, harsh truth: almost one-third of the articles made of soft plastic that were tested contain toxic substances
Phthalates banned by EU legislation in concentrations higher than 0.1% [1] were found in almost one-third of the articles from the Serbian market that were tested (10 out of 36...
"Children's toys containing phthalates? Unfortunately, still a common threat in Serbia": experts from Arnika explain the motivation for a new international project
Even in the Czech Republic, despite the ban on the use of phthalates in children's toys and the recent tightening of related European Commission regulations, there are occasional...
‘Toxic eggs’ in Switzerland testify to global contamination with poisonous substances
At the Stockholm Convention , Arnika is presenting the results of recent analyses of chicken eggs from 29 countries concerning the presence of dioxins and dioxin-like substances....
European study exposing toxic e-waste chemicals in children’s products spurs calls for policy to end recycling exemptions for hazardous waste
Environmental health researchers released alarming evidence [1] today that toxic brominated flame retardants, hazardous chemicals from electronic waste that are known to disrupt...
IPEN CEE Regional Meeting Participants Visit Czech Chemical Factory
How to deal with toxic pollution: That was the main theme of the IPEN Central and Eastern Europe Regional Meeting that took place in Prague in October, 2017. The three-day...
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