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...
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
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
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?
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...
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...
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...
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...
Spolana wants to use toxic mercury in chlorine production for another six years
Spolana Neratovice has made a request for extending the life of the outdated technology that uses considerable amount of mercury. Despite the fact that Spolana should have...
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...
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