Press Releases

Fight on mercury in Neratovice is going on, Spolana owners refused a compromise

04 April 2013 - PRAGUE/NERATOVICE

Spolana must stop using toxic mercury by the end of 2014

06 March 2013 - PRAGUE/MELNIK

Bém left, the power of developers remains - Arnika evaluated last year's work of Prague leaders

21 January 2013 - Prague

Mercury treaty must reduce global emissions

13 January 2013 - Geneva

Graph of mercury contamination in the bark of trees near Neratovice

A new study shows that high mercury concentrations are present in fish and human hair from all over the world

09 January 2013 - USA / Czech Republic

Will the international convention help in preventing Elbe and Ohre rivers from mercury contamination?

09 January 2013 - PRAGUE

Czech bream wins – at least in the concentration of mercury in blood. And it lives in the Elbe under Spolana

23 November 2012 - MĚLNÍK

Spolana wants to use toxic mercury in chlorine production for another six years

16 October 2012 - Mělník

New Mercury Treaty negotiations heading towards losing the right to be called the “Minamata Convention”

30 June 2012 - PUNTA DEL ESTE (URUGUAY)

Public informational center on chemical safety and waste in Minsk was opened by CES and Arnika

20 December 2011 - MINSK

UN Delegates Struggle with the True Cost of Mercury

05 November 2011 - NAIROBI

Law court has defended citizens and cancelled permission for skyscrapers on Pankrác

31 August 2011 - PRAGUE

Poor water management in Prague increases the risk of both flooding and droughts

09 August 2011 - PRAGUE

European Commission has agreed with Czech non-governmental organizations

09 August 2011 - PRAGUE

International Conference to discuss problems related to contamination by toxic pollutants and pesticides in Armenia

31 May 2011 - Tsakhkadzor, Armenia

Czech experts discovered old DDT stocks in Armenia. Now, they want to help with solutions of old burden

30 November 2010 - Prague

Mercury-contaminated fish served to delegates at UN mercury negotiation

07 June 2010 - Stockholm, Sweden

An International Student Team will explore the Czech Capital Water Management

25 May 2010 - Prague

The reconstruction of Prague railway stations is a great opportunity. Representatives must defend citizens’ interests, a study finds

20 May 2010 - Prague

EU Parliament must resist pressure to weaken Industrial Emissions Directive

26 April 2010 - Brussels

Czechs and Armenians start to cooperate to reduce obsolete pesticides danger

30 March 2010 - Yerevan

A waste incinerator will be constructed in Velká Dobrá near Kladno, however, neither inhabitants nor the authorities agree to it

11 February 2010 - Prague, Kladno

Bořena Team has been protecting nature in České Středohoří for thirty years already

15 September 2009 - Ústí nad Labem

Bisphenol A – danger hidden in food packaging

08 August 2009 - Prague

Arnika Launches a Petition to Save Prague Greenery

20 October 2008 - Prague

The environment is endangered not only by chemical plants, but also by wood processors and insulation material manufacturers

30 September 2008 - Prague

Increase in Traffic at Pankrác Rejected by Court - Citizens’ Health at Stake

05 September 2008 - Prague

Teaching aids containing hazardous phthalates - Arnika warning parents: Don't buy your children teaching aids containing PVC

26 August 2008 - Prague

UNESCO requests height reduction of skyscrapers at the Pankrác Plain

13 August 2008 - Prague

Arnika warning consumers in Děčín: PVC does not belong in a shopping basket

12 July 2008 - Děčín

Arnika has already helped five hospitals to reduce their use of hazardous medical PVC devices. Hospital in Louny is one of them

11 June 2008 - Louny

Arnika has already helped five hospitals to reduce their use of hazardous medical PVC devices. Hospital in České Budějovice is one of them.

11 June 2008 - České Budějovice

Students from thirteen countries organised a discussion on Prague greenery

05 June 2008 - Prague / Wageningen

Students from the Netherlands investigate how to improve approach to Prague's greenery

27 May 2008 - Prague / Wageningen

Arnika celebrates the anniversary of The Stockholm Convention in six cities

21 May 2008 - Prague

Arnika appeals to minister: Do not accept PVC and toxic substances in environmentally friendly products

22 April 2008 - Prague

Arnika founds Coalition for PVC substitution. IKEA is among its first members

17 April 2008 - Prague

Survey confirms food still sold packaged in PVC. Arnika introducing poster campaign about PVC's harmfulness

28 March 2008 - Prague

Survey has confirmed, that consumables are still sold packed into PVC. That is why Arnika has prepared a poster campaign concerning its detrimental impacts

18 March 2008 - Děčín

Students of high medical school to learn more about the risks of PVC

03 March 2008 - Chomutov

UNESCO Director Arrives in Prague, City Officials Permit Skyscrapers Behind His Back

26 February 2008 - Prague

Informative panels on PVC are placed in tearoom

22 February 2008 - Děčín

People in Jihlava are burdened by formaldehyde more than is usual

20 February 2008 - Jihlava

Neonatological department of hospital in České Budějovice replacing medical devices containing phthalates

18 December 2007 - České Budějovice

Ecologically friendly behaviour exceptional among shopping chains. Less than half of them planning improvement

06 December 2007 - Prague

The greatest polluters of the environment: Chemical, metallurgic and power plants

16 October 2007 - Prague

EU experts finally confirm phthalates in medical devices are harmful, mainly to little boys

16 October 2007 - Prague / Brussels

Arnika with high school students from České Budějovice finding out to what extent people avoid food packed in PVC

01 October 2007 - České Budějovice

PVC risks to be discussed in Mothers´ center Medvídek

01 October 2007 - Ústí nad Orlicí

Children´s rain coats containing toxic phthalates sold in shop Essa in Děčín

12 September 2007 - Ústí nad Labem

Arnika discovers new children's products containing toxic phthalates

12 September 2007 - Prague

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

22 August 2007 - Prague

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

02 August 2007 - Ústí nad Labem

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

16 July 2007 - Boskovice

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

20 June 2007 - Prague

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

06 June 2007 - Prague

New analyses confirm the necessity of decontamination

29 May 2007 - Plzeň

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

24 May 2007 - Prague

Spolana must phase out using mercury by the end of 2014

09 May 2007 - Prague

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

26 April 2007 - Mělník

Don´t play with PVC, warns Arnika

19 April 2007 - Prague

Analysis confirmed presence of toxic and banned phthalates in children's toys

27 March 2007 - Prague

Phthalates and other industrial substances are present in Moravian rivers. Arnika asks: „Will Members of Parliament cancel monitoring of their sources?

07 March 2007 - Brno

Spolchemie is allowed to operate mercury electrolysis only till the end of 2012

21 December 2006 - Ústí nad Labem

EEB Press Release - Risky Business: Phase-out mercury in chlorine industry

13 November 2006 - Brussels

Arnika measurement revealed that mercury is released from Spolchemie in an uncontrolled way

27 July 2006 - Ústí nad Labem

Fish from Drnový brook in Klatovy contain high concentrations of pesticides unused for a long time

18 July 2006 - Klatovy

Dust in offices, as well as rain, contain hazardous substances. Will REACH save us?

10 July 2006 - Prague

Arnika will celebrate the International Danube Day

28 June 2006 - Jihlava / Třebíč

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

15 June 2006 - Ústí nad Labem

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

15 June 2006 - Brusseles / Prague

Arnika: the Inspectorate imposed too low a fine on Draslovka

12 June 2006 - Kolín

Environmental Best Practice Awards Presented to Pioneering Hospitals in Europe

07 June 2006 - Olomouc / Stockholm

Metropolitan Authority believes that EIA is not necessary because of a banality such as a skyscraper

08 March 2006 - Prague

Citizens' associations contacted UNESCO because of skyscrapers in Pankrác

01 March 2006 - Prague

Citizens' associations applied to the court because of reconstruction of the Pankrác plain

07 February 2006 - Prague

REACH to guarantee stricter control of hazardous chemicals

27 January 2006 - Prague

Ratification of the Stockholm Convention by Turkey is near - IPEN supported the first conference on persistent organic pollutants in Turkey

29 December 2005 - Istanbul

The proposed limits of toxic substances in wastes degrade the Stockholm Convention

25 November 2005 - Prague / London

Stricter chemical policy of the EU is required by more than 13 600 people

23 November 2005 - Prague

The European Union money used for contamination of a protected landscape area by fly ash

01 November 2005 - Liberec

Arnika on Integrated Pollution Register: the Register is good, but the data are not

30 September 2005 - Prague

Construction of ten new incinerators was discussed in the Czech Republic in the last year

07 September 2005 - Prague

Arnika achieved tightening of conditions for dioxin decontamination in Spolana in spite of that, certain part of wastes will end in the incinerator in Ostrava

17 August 2005 - Neratovice

Arnika warned about contamination of foodstuffs by toxic substances

30 March 2005 - Prague

Arnika coordinates international project on toxic chemicals

25 February 2005 - Prague

Arnika warned customers against PVC goods

21 December 2004 - Prague

Ambrozek´s blood contaminated by DDT and PCBs

19 October 2004 - Prague

Over two-thirds of incinerators not complying with limits

15 September 2004 - Prague

Mydlovary – the end station for toxic chemicals

23 August 2004 - Mydlovary

The inhabitants asked politicians to refuse skyscrapers in Pankrác

06 May 2003 - Prague

Representatives refused to sell land in Pankrác

18 October 2002 - Prague

Citizens' associations expressed essential observations to the project of shopping centre in Pankrác

11 October 2002 - Prague

Greenpeace and Arnika: Spolana Should Safeguard and Clean Up Entire Polluted Site

24 July 2002 - Neratovice

First International Elbe Swimming Day

11 July 2002 - Hamburg / Dresden

Eleven times higher levels of dioxins found in blood samples of former employees of chemical plant Spolana

23 May 2002 - Prague

Public debate in Lysa nad Labem made the Czech Minister of Environment visit incinerator

21 May 2002 - Lysá nad Labem

Czech Senate Approves Conventions on Toxic Substances

09 May 2002 - Prague

Transport of hexachlorbenzen: the same risk as in case of radioactive waste

01 May 2002 - Mělník

How much dioxins do the Czechs eat? Toxic chemicals even after 12 years

05 April 2002 - Prague

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