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The project of non-governmental organizations enhanced environmental democracy in Kazakhstan and helped local communities defend their rights

The project of non-governmental organizations enhanced environmental democracy in Kazakhstan and helped local communities defend their rights

Thousands citizens of the Mangystau Region can feel an improvement in their environment thanks to a three year project of non-governmental organizations financed by the EU (1)....

Polluted environment in Kazakhstan seriously contaminates foodstuff and threatens human health

Polluted environment in Kazakhstan seriously contaminates foodstuff and threatens human health

Chicken eggs and camel milk are common components of the daily diet in Kazakhstan. They are also good indicators of possible pollution of the environment. That is why the...

Children’s Toys Contaminated with a Toxic Industrial Chemical that is Recommended for Global Prohibition

Children’s Toys Contaminated with a Toxic Industrial Chemical that is Recommended for Global Prohibition

A survey of children's products in 10 countries (1) including Czech Republic finds widespread contamination with an industrial chemical recommended for global prohibition. The...

Prague Sandpits Have Problems with Cadmium Contents. Luckily, Contents of Other Toxic Substances Are within Limits.

Prague Sandpits Have Problems with Cadmium Contents. Luckily, Contents of Other Toxic Substances Are within Limits.

Arnika's experts visited 9 playgrounds in 6 parts of the city of Prague in the past months, in order to take sand samples from sandpits, as well as from the whole playground...

Municipalities with the Lowest Waste Production Obtained Oscar

Municipalities with the Lowest Waste Production Obtained Oscar

The second year of the Waste Oscar competition has its winners. Which municipalities and towns produce the lowest annual amounts of waste per an inhabitant in the Czech Republic?...

Belarusian activists has been freed after week, many people remain in prison

Belarusian activists has been freed after week, many people remain in prison

Activists Maryna Dubina, Xenie Maljukova and Alena Dubovik have been released from detention after a week; they are from EcoHome, an NGO. Police arrested them because of...

Life in Vinnytsia is highly affected by massive chicken industry

Life in Vinnytsia is highly affected by massive chicken industry

Ukraine is well known for it's fertile land and big agricultural sector. It is not a coincidence that Ukraine is sometimes being called "a granary of Europe." Unfortunately, the...

Belarusian ecological activists jailed, “Let them go!” demands Arnika

Belarusian ecological activists jailed, “Let them go!” demands Arnika

Although the meeting took place quietly and with the correct permit, approximately fifty people were arrested without justification and brutally attacked on 15 March in Minsk,...

The Regional Authority Decided that the Company Quail Is Not Allowed to Transport Hazardous Fly Ash into Hůrka near Temelín

The Regional Authority Decided that the Company Quail Is Not Allowed to Transport Hazardous Fly Ash into Hůrka near Temelín

The company Quail s.r.o. is not allowed to accept for treatment fly ash from hazardous waste incinerators anymore. The fly ash probably contributed to contamination by toxic...

Manufacturers contaminate toys by improper management of E-waste

Manufacturers contaminate toys by improper management of E-waste

Popular Rubik's Cube puzzle are hiding two brain teasers. First how to solve the teaser and what they are composed of. A new survey by the environmental organization Arnika found...

Toxic Chemicals from E-Waste Found in BrainToys Sold in Markets in Sixteen Countries

Toxic Chemicals from E-Waste Found in BrainToys Sold in Markets in Sixteen Countries

Florence, Italy. Some toys that are designed to exercise the mind may contain toxic chemicals from recyled electronic waste, which can damage the central nervous system and...

Institution are giving advantage to the private and not the public interest – Zoning plan of a special purpose area “Ada”

Institution are giving advantage to the private and not the public interest – Zoning plan of a special purpose area “Ada”

On the 14th of April 2016, the National Assembly of Republic of Srpska adopted by a summary procedure the concerning the decision to make a zoning plan for a special purpose area...