Arnika revealed harmful substances in sports equipment
About 10% of analyzed products purchased on the European market contained toxic substances. Even banned phthalates were found in 7 out of 82 samples. None of the retailers were...
Toxic pollution hidden behind “recycling”: Thai villagers who suffered from contamination finally won a fight for environmental justice
Damages to the environment and natural resources, economic losses in the agriculture sector, impacts to local people’s health and mental health due to living in polluted area –...
Dirty recycling in Thailand destroys the environment and the livelihood of local people. A register of polluters and the “right to know” can change this
The Pollution Control Department has lately stepped up for a decisive legal action against the polluting factory belonging to the Win Process Company. This comes after a decade...
Forever chemicals in the Prague waters: The contamination with perfluorinated chemicals is ubiquitous
Water, sediment, and fish samples from streams in Prague were analysed for contamination with perfluorinated substances (PFAS, e.g. PFOA and PFOS) and brominated flame retardants...
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...
European standards, integrated permits, and law enforcement – the recipe for reducing industrial air pollution in Ukraine
The air quality in Ukraine is worse than anywhere else in Europe (1). Although new legislation based on the EU directives was recently adopted, change is far from visible....
The results of biomonitoring in Armenia revealed the health burden on the inhabitants of the northern part of the province of Lori
Arnika, together with its partner NGOs Centre for Community Mobilization and Support (CCMS) and the information organization EcoLur, conducted another survey of the health burden...
Without access to information, Moldova cannot achieve a better environment
For years, environmentalists in Moldova have their hands tied by not having access to information – such as data on droughts or floods tormenting the country. Despite the fact...
Caring about water resources: tips and tricks published in a new guidebook
Two different countries, similar problems. Moldova, as well as Czechia, heavily modified their watercourses and changed the river landscape, mainly due to intensive agriculture...
Dirty skies above: Ukraine needs access to information and integrated air pollution management
Why do the citizens of Ukraine suffer from air pollution and why do skies remain dirty? Research by Czech and Ukrainian NGOs reveals that fragmented legislation and an...
Arnika with Armenian partner organizations presented its activities to UN Special Rapporteur: Let's show a fair transition to a clean environment
On November 25th, representatives of the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) for the region of Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia had a...
Tree planting events in Moldova: forests save our rivers
In November (7th and 14th), massive tree and shrub planting events were organised by Moldovan NGOs “Eco-TIRAS”, “Parks of Future” and “Renasterea Rurala” in Transnistria...
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