Summary of Negative Impacts of Waste Incinerators
A whole number of myths exist around waste incineration. It is often said to be an "environmentally-friendly" or "green" method for energy production, not contributing to climate...
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Incinerators Will Make Things Hot for Us
The growing number of waste incinerators may be an essential problem for the European, and especially Czech, climate policy – this is the conclusion of Arnika’s webinar entitled...
Seveso Accident and Planetary Pollution Boundaries
Two thousand hectares of contaminated soil and 200 people with symptoms of a rare dermatological disease, chloracne. This was the result of an accident in the chemical plant...
New study reveals hazardous burden of e-waste and POPs
On 10 and 12 July 2023, our experts Mgr. Jitka Straková from Arnika and RNDr. Alice Dvorská, independent scientist and lead author of the study, returned to Kalasin province in...
Countries Agree to Ban Two Toxic Plastic Chemicals and a Hazardous Pesticide
Geneva – At the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Stockholm Convention this week, more than 120 countries agreed to add two toxic plastic chemicals and a...
Highly Toxic Chemicals from Plastic Waste Contaminate Kenya’s Food Chain and Products
As BRS COPs launch a “PCB Fair,” a new study shows that free-range eggs and recycled plastic products from Kenya contain high levels of dioxin-like PCBs and other toxic...
Study Finds High Levels of Toxic Plastic Flame Retardant in Blood Samples of Thai E-Waste and Vehicle Recycling Workers
At international meetings this week, Stockholm Convention delegates will decide on a global ban on the plastics chemical, Dechlorane Plus. IPEN and its member groups from around...
The main goal of the Stockholm Convention must be to protect health and the environment: the intervention of Jindřich Petrlík at the Stockholm Convention 2023 COP
On Monday 1 May 2023, the negotiations of the Stockholm, Basel and Rotterdam Conventions, which aim to protect the planet from pollution by the world's most toxic substances,...
The "garbage mountains" on the outskirts of Jakarta attract researchers. Is a giant landfill a source of pollution?
Indonesia is known for its white-sand beaches, exotic cuisine, and restless volcanoes. What tourists don't normally see, however, are mountains of waste and small “volcanoes” in...
Scientists confirmed food chain contamination near e-waste processing facilities in Thailand
BANGKOK/PRAGUE – Recently published analysis [1] confirmed that communities in the Chachoengsao province, Thailand, face severe food chain contamination with some of the world's...
Nexus3 and Arnika call for Global Plastics Treaty after new study shows toxic contamination
8 December 2022, JAKARTA - Indonesian NGO Nexus3 and Czech environmental NGO Arnika are calling for a global treaty on plastics pollution, an international legally binding...
Survey reveals traces of endocrine disrupting chemicals in plastic garden and household products
Almost half of plastic household and gardening products (1) contain substances known to pose risks to health and the environment because they may interfere with human and animal...
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