About
Mexico, the eleventh most populous country in the world, has a rich history. A number of Central American civilizations developed in its territory. At the same time, it is a country with a very developed industry, which brings with it negative aspects in the form of environmental pollution by toxic substances. As in the Czech Republic, however, there is also Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) in Mexico. The country plays an important role in the international arena among Latin American countries.
Arnika has been cooperating with Mexican NGOs for many years within the international IPEN network. The first joint project was a study focused on the presence of dioxins and other toxic substances in the free range chicken eggs from the vicinity of the petrochemical complex in Coatzacoalcos in 2005. In 2013, we also detected mercury fish contamination in its vicinity. As in Spolana and Spolchemie, toxic mercury was used in the production of chlorine. However, there have been and are far more joint projects against pollution. Most of them have been possible thanks to the global IPEN network and, in recent years, also thanks to the support of Sweden.
News
05.12.2019
SEATTLE
The Basel Ban Amendment, adopted by the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous and Their Disposal in 1995,…
09.01.2013
USA / Czech Republic
Today, an international network of non-governmental organisations, IPEN, published a study which focuses upon the contamination of certain regions of our…
18.04.2010
BERLIN / GOTHENBURG / PRAGUE
Mercury was detected in products sent for testing from India, Kenya, and Mexico in research undertaken by international network of civil society organizations…
25.02.2005
PRAGUE
Chicken eggs from 17 countries (1) on five continents will be tested in Czech laboratories to examine the level of contamination with hazardous toxic…
Publications
11.04.2017
Arnika / IPEN
This report evaluates chemical analyses of toys and plastic products from 26 countries worldwide and calls for stricter limits on the content of brominated…
11.05.2013
Jindřich Petrlík
This report focuses on the area of Coatzacoalcos-Minatitlán, where a chlor-alkali plant and waste incinerator are located inside of a petrochemical complex,…
09.01.2013
Jindřich Petrlík
New Evidence Reveals Mercury Contamination Regularly Exceeds Health Advisory Levels in Humans and Fish Worldwide
15.04.2010
BERLIN / GOTHENBURG / PRAGUE
Report based on research focused on mercury free products undertaken by CSOs in 8 countries, 4 continents in 2009 Berlin / Gothenburg / Prague Pages: 140…
26.05.2009
PRAGUE / GOTHENBURG
26.04.2005
PRAGUE / WASHINGTON
26.04.2005
PRAGUE / WASHINGTON
05.04.2005
MONTEVIDEO / PRAGUE / GOTHENBURG