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Initiatives will detect river pollution from a landfill in Mostar and defend against hydropower plants on the Neretvica
19.2.2021 - PRAGUE / SARAJEVO / BANJA LUKA
Taking samples from the polluted River Neretva, running an informational campaign about the negative impacts of small hydropower plants planned on the River Neretvica, evaluating the ecosystem of the River Doljanka, or creating original colouring books capturing the beauty of the landscape around Bjelava – these are some of the… -
Together in protecting water resources: Arnika's mission to Moldova
29.1.2021 - MOLDOVA
As Czechia has largely similar problems due to similar nature of the landscape and structure of agriculture, before the end of 2020 Arnika went to Moldova to share our experience with the management of water resources in the Czech Republic. To benefit from the experience properly, the two countries focused their… -
Residents of Akhtala in Armenia are worried about their children's health. Dangerous heavy metals are to blame
22.1.2021 - AKHTALA/PRAGUE
The residents of the Akhtala enlarged community in Armenia are concerned about the health of their children because of the concentrations of arsenic and other dangerous heavy metals in children's organisms found during recent biomonitoring conducted by Arnika, CCMS, and EcoLur. The chemical pollution of the Tumanyan region in Lori… -
Arnika revealed harmful substances in sports equipment
19.1.2021 - PRAGUE
About 10% of analyzed products purchased on the European market contained toxic substances. Even banned phthalates were found in 7 out of 82 samples. None of the retailers were able to correctly answer the request about the presence of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) in their products. Either they… -
Toxic pollution hidden behind “recycling”: Thai villagers who suffered from contamination finally won a fight for environmental justice
6.1.2021 - NAM PU SUBDISTRICT (THAILAND)
Damages to the environment and natural resources, economic losses in the agriculture sector, impacts to local people’s health and mental health due to living in polluted area – these are some of the most serious impacts and damages caused by operation of Wax Garbage Recycle Centre Company. Now, after decades… -
Dirty recycling in Thailand destroys the environment and the livelihood of local people. A register of polluters and the “right to know” can change this
29.12.2020 - BANGKOK / PRAGUE
The Pollution Control Department has lately stepped up for a decisive legal action against the polluting factory belonging to the Win Process Company. This comes after a decade of numerous complaints about the impacts of leaked toxic chemicals that have polluted the local farmland and crops in Nong Phawa, Ban… -
Forever chemicals in the Prague waters: The contamination with perfluorinated chemicals is ubiquitous
22.12.2020 - PRAGUE
Water, sediment, and fish samples from streams in Prague were analysed for contamination with perfluorinated substances (PFAS, e.g. PFOA and PFOS) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Chemicals damaging the hormonal and nervous systems have been found in all locations in similar concentrations to those that were detected previously in other…
