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International Conference Discussed Toxic Substances, Experts Require Stricter Control

International Conference Discussed Toxic Substances, Experts Require Stricter Control

What was the beginning of the autumn affairs in 1989 that finally lead to a fundamental change of political situation in the former Czechoslovakia? Demonstrations in the then...

The Avenue of the Year connects Jedovnice with Lazanky in Moravsky Kras

The Avenue of the Year connects Jedovnice with Lazanky in Moravsky Kras

There are no doubts which of the nominated avenues won the award in The Avenue of the Year 2013. The most of more than seven thousand people voting decided that the avenue...

Small grants program will help Kazakhstan’s non-governmental organizations to contribute to solving  problems of chemical pollution

Small grants program will help Kazakhstan’s non-governmental organizations to contribute to solving problems of chemical pollution

"Karaganda Regional Ecological Museum" non-governmental environmental organization, "Center for Introduction of New Environmentally Safe Technologies" NGO (Kazakhstan) and...

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...