Cement plants as a source of toxic substances
The university researcher Nuria Ortuño (University of Alicante, Spain) focuses on the study of cement plant emissions, which co-incinerate waste or alternative waste fuels. Among...
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High levels of dioxins found in chicken eggs sampled near waste incinerators and metallurgical plant in China
High levels of dioxins and similar dangerous pollutants were found in free range chicken eggs samples taken close to waste incinerators and other industrial hot spots in six...
Toxic pollution of Bosnia will be solved with the help of Czech experts
The list of countries, where Arnika organization helps, increased by another item. Bosnia and Herzegovina. was most recently added. It is another country of former Eastern Block...
Czechs help in central Bosnia: local peoples´ health threatened by outdated industry and reckless corporations
Two distant cities share the same story: the transnational corporation Mittal Steel bought the local steel plant, increased production but "forgot" to invest into environment...
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...
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...
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...
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