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Toxic Footprint of the European Union Can Be Reduced Significantly

Significant reduction of health risks caused by recycling of polystyrene with content of hazardous substances may be produced by a fresh agreement of 162 signatory states of the...

One tenth of area of City of Prague changed its purpose, Arnika prepared a comprehensive database

From today, more than one thousand changes of the Land Use Plan of the City of Prague can be found in the newly launched synoptic database compiled by the Arnika Association....

Přerov’s Rybářská tree avenue wins the tree avenue of the year 2012

The winning laurels of this year's questionnaire Tree avenue of the Year 2012 go to the Rybářská Tree avenue in Přerov. This tree avenue won in the internet competition among 71...

High concentration of mercury in the hair of people living nearby small-scale gold mines in Indonesia

People living close to small-scale gold mines in Indonesia have their bodies heavily burdened with the mercury, as confirmed the levels of mercury in the human hair samples in...

Czech watercourses will benefit from the Patronage of the Streams

CZECH REPUBLIC / PRAGUE / TELČ / KADOV - 27.11.2012 A snapshot from the first Patronage. The Arnika Association is inviting active citizens to take part in a model of care for...

Arnika launches a project to protect health of the inhabitants of Kazakhstan from toxic material

To identify places contaminated with hazardous chemicals that is one of the main aims of a new international project with Czech participation. It is currently being launched– by...

Don't Burn, Recycle!

Arnika's new campaign “Don't Burn, Recycle!” is a direct reaction to the recent efforts to build numerous incinerators in the Czech Republic. These incinerators are going to get...

Arnika helps Asia to eliminate hazardous lead-containing paints

The global project Eliminate Lead in Paint has been launched in Bangkok during a meeting of non-governmental organizations from seven Asian countries and the international...

A leaflet will warn inhabitants of several municipalities in the Ústí Region: Do not burn plastics at home

Just in these days, after the Ústí Region has suffered several smog situations, inhabitants of Ludvíkovice will receive into their letter boxes an information leaflet concerning...

Watch out, alley! Over 100 thousand trees have disappeared from the Czech countryside

Should you be walking or passing through a tree lined avenue during your summer wandering of the Czech Republic, you better take pictures. Next time you come back the trees might...

Armenian project of Arnika association is coming to a successful conclusion

The project "Improvement of chemical safety as a contribution to solving social problems in rural areas of Armenia" was officially launched in March 2010. Now, in late May and...

Flood fears: Experts say the country is not prepared for another deluge

Markéta Bibová and her brother were evacuated from Karlín when the neighborhood flooded last summer. If floods strike again this summer, the city might not be ready tocontain the...