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Arnika will celebrate the International Danube Day

Arnika prepared several actions for the occasion of the International Danube Day. Today, it put into operation internet pages dedicated to water protection in the Danube basin....

Arnika invited Spolchemie to stop polluting its neighbourhood with toxic mercury by 2009

Today, the Arnika Association invited (1) the managing director of Spolchemie Ústí nad Labem, Martin Procházka, MSc, to ensure that his company will stop polluting its...

Protect us from pollutants: EU Ministers must reject Commission’s weak proposal on toxic chemicals in waste

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) , Europe’s largest federation of environmental citizens’ organisations, and the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) , today...

Beware of teaching aids and school things made of PVC! They can contain hazardous phtalates

Arnika warns parents against buying school things and teaching aids made of polyvinylchloride (PVC). Some of these things may contain hazardous phthalates. „ Phthalates are...

Arnika wants to reduce use of PVC in hospitals, offices and households in the region of Ústí nad Labem

Arnika has launched a new project in Ústí nad Labem region, which aims to reduce consumption and usage of PVC products. Arnika is going to concentrate mainly on hospitals and...

Visitors of music festival Boskovice will learn why it is not good to play with PVC. They can also support the petition for its substitution

Visitors of music festival Boskovice which starts on Thursday 19 July can visit Arnika´s information kiosk which will be open from 19 to 22 July and will offer interesting and...

The unique panorama of Prague is threatened by plans for building high-rise buildings

The violation of the Treaty to protect the world heritage by the Czech Republic will be discussed on Saturday during the UNESCO meeting at New Zealand.

New analyses confirm the necessity of decontamination

Results of the newest analyses of plasters, samples swept from floors and attic of the former pesticide storage in Klatovy - Luby confirmed the necessity of decontamination of...

Label „KLASA“ shall not be assigned to products packaged in PVC, Arnika requires

Ecological organization Arnika called upon today the State Agricultural Intervention Fund not to assign prestigious quality label KLASA (1) anymore to food packaged in PVC. In a...

Children will no longer breathe in phtalates from floor covering. Prague University Hospital Motol substitutes PVC floors with harmless rubber

Patients in Children´s University Hospital Motol will no longer be exposed to toxic phtalates leaking from PVC. Hospital management decided to replace floors from this harmful...

Spolana must phase out using mercury by the end of 2014

Spolana Neratovice will have to shut down the operation of the amalgam technology of chlorine manufacturing by the end of 2014, and it will have to submit a new application for...

Spolana has tripled its usage of mercury, says Arnika´s study

Each additional year of running amalgam electrolysis in Spolana Neratovice burdens environment with mercury in quantity from at least 0,5 to 1,5 metric tonne, according to a...