#Toxics

Emissions of hazardous substances were slightly reduced in the Czech Republic. However, they were still higher than two years ago.

Emissions of hazardous substances were slightly reduced in the Czech Republic. However, they were still higher than two years ago.

Coal-fired power stations may be labelled the biggest polluters of 2022. In addition to emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and gases causing acid rains, they...

Empowered Locals and Improved Access to Information: Citizen Science Facing Down Toxic Pollution in Thailand

Empowered Locals and Improved Access to Information: Citizen Science Facing Down Toxic Pollution in Thailand

BANGKOK/PRAGUE - Over the past four years, non-governmental organizations - EARTH (Thailand) (1) and the Arnika Association (Czechia) (2) - formed a powerful alliance with local...

Toxic PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Found in Clothing and Food Packaging in Indonesia

Toxic PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Found in Clothing and Food Packaging in Indonesia

JAKARTA - A study released today by the Nexus3 Foundation [1] and IPEN [2] found the “Forever Chemicals” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in synthetic clothing, food...

Highly Toxic Chemicals from Plastic Waste Contaminate Kenya’s Food Chain and Products

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...

Experts have calculated the economic losses caused by bad air quality in Jakarta. How is the state responding?

Experts have calculated the economic losses caused by bad air quality in Jakarta. How is the state responding?

Jakarta is the clear winner in the air pollution rankings. This victory is more of a demonstration of defeat in the fight for a better environment. Further delays in addressing...

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

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,...

IPEN Urges BRS COPs Delegates to Follow the Science, Ban Dangerous Chemicals Without Exemptions

IPEN Urges BRS COPs Delegates to Follow the Science, Ban Dangerous Chemicals Without Exemptions

IPEN [1] network groups say delegates should reject chemical recycling for plastic wastes-- a polluting, unproven technology -- and support clean non-combustion technologies for...

From a spa resort to a ghost town. Will Jermuk meet the same fate as other mining communities in Armenia?

From a spa resort to a ghost town. Will Jermuk meet the same fate as other mining communities in Armenia?

People in the famous spa town of Jermuk are disturbed by the possible reopening of the Amulsar gold mine. Despite opposition from the public and environmentalists, the Armenian...

Nexus3 and Arnika call for Global Plastics Treaty after new study shows toxic contamination

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...

Czech children's jackets contain forever chemicals

Czech children's jackets contain forever chemicals

PRAGUE - The waterproof function of most children's outdoor jackets made by Czech manufacturers is achieved with the use of so-called forever chemicals or PFAS (1). The...

European Commission must keep the promise and ban exports of hazardous chemicals

European Commission must keep the promise and ban exports of hazardous chemicals

BRUSSELS – Ahead of 3 December Global No Pesticides Day [1], Arnika and more than 326 civil society organizations from across the globe, institutions, and trade unions have...

Survey reveals traces of endocrine disrupting chemicals in plastic garden and household products

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...