#Thailand

Arnika at the international conference in Geneva

Arnika at the international conference in Geneva

Since Monday 1 May 2023, Arnika has participated in the negotiations of the Stockholm, Basel and Rotterdam Conventions in Geneva. The aim was to protect the planet from pollution...

Blood sampling from people affected by the processing of e-waste in Thailand

Blood sampling from people affected by the processing of e-waste in Thailand

We take blood samples from people who make a living from processing e-waste in Thailand. We are building on previous sampling of their homes. We will test the blood for toxic...

Looking back at the study visit of the Thai organization EARTH in Prague

Looking back at the study visit of the Thai organization EARTH in Prague

This is how the work visit of our friends from the EARTH organization went. The program of their ten-day study visit was busy. Colleagues from EARTH Thailand, for example, spoke...

Kalasin – ‘Cleanly Hill’ in Thailand covered with tons of e-waste

Kalasin – ‘Cleanly Hill’ in Thailand covered with tons of e-waste

Refrigerator hulks and isolation, old TVs, metal scrap parts, and various sorts of plastic casking. All covered with acrid smoke and pungent stench from illegal burn-for-cash...

Thailand 2019

Thailand 2019

The Khok Sa-ad community in the Kalasin province in North-East Thailand became infamous by being the dumping site of e-waste from all of Thailand. Moreover, this town became the...

Together with local communities, we solve industrial pollution in Thailand

Together with local communities, we solve industrial pollution in Thailand

At the beginning of the year, several of our experts on toxic chemicals headed to Thailand in order to meet representatives of local communities affected by industrial pollution....

Thai friends from EARTH visiting the Czech Republic

Thai friends from EARTH visiting the Czech Republic

Colleagues from our befriended non-governmental organization Ecological Alert and Recovery - Thailand (EARTH) arrived to the Czech Republic on Arnika's invitation. In addition to...

Revealing the POPs pollution of industrial areas in Thailand

Revealing the POPs pollution of industrial areas in Thailand

Two year lasting research conducted by non-governmental organizations from the Czech republic and Thailand came up with rather concerning conclusions , The Thais living in nearby...

Measuring the pollution of hot spots in Thailand, spring 2016

Measuring the pollution of hot spots in Thailand, spring 2016

Chemical contamination of various origin is still widely present around Thailand. The most problematic pollutants are the unintentionally produced ones or a historical...