Arnika - News

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

30.6.2012 - PUNTA DEL ESTE (URUGUAY)

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

20.12.2011 - MINSK

A leaflet will warn inhabitants of several municipalities in the Ústí Region: Do not burn plastics at home

20.12.2011 - Ústí region

UN Delegates Struggle with the True Cost of Mercury

5.11.2011 - NAIROBI

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

31.8.2011 - PRAGUE

European Commission has agreed with Czech non-governmental organizations

9.8.2011 - PRAGUE

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

9.8.2011 - PRAGUE

Watch out, alley! Over 100 thousand trees have disappeared from the Czech countryside

24.8.2011 - Prague

Armenian project of Arnika association is coming to a successful conclusion

13.6.2011 - YEREVAN / PRAGUE

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

31.5.2011 - TSAKHKADZOR (ARMENIA)

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

30.11.2010 - Prague

Mercury-contaminated fish served to delegates at UN mercury negotiation

7.6.2010 - Stockholm, Sweden

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

11.2.2010 - Prague, Kladno

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

30.9.2008 - Prague

Bisphenol A – danger hidden in food packaging

8.8.2009 - Prague

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

15.9.2009 - Ústí nad Labem

Water management in Prague: exploring the paths to sustainability

1.6.2010 - Prague

An International Student Team will explore the Czech Capital Water Management

25.5.2010 - Prague

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

20.5.2010 - Prague

EU Parliament must resist pressure to weaken Industrial Emissions Directive

26.4.2010 - Brussels

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

27.8.2008 - Prague

Czechs and Armenians start to cooperate to reduce obsolete pesticides danger

30.3.2010 - Yerevan

The inhabitants asked politicians to refuse skyscrapers in Pankrác

6.5.2003 - Prague

Representatives refused to sell land in Pankrác

18.10.2002 - Prague

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

11.10.2002 - Prague

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

24.7.2002 - Neratovice

First International Elbe Swimming Day

11.7.2002 - Hamburg / Dresden

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

23.5.2002 - Prague

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

21.5.2002 - Lysá nad Labem

Czech Senate Approves Conventions on Toxic Substances

9.5.2002 - Prague

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

30.9.2005 - Prague

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

7.9.2005 - 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

17.8.2005 - Neratovice

Arnika warned about contamination of foodstuffs by toxic substances

30.3.2005 - Prague

Arnika coordinates international project on toxic chemicals

25.2.2005 - Prague

Arnika warned customers against PVC goods

21.12.2004 - Prague

Ambrozek´s blood contaminated by DDT and PCBs

19.10.2004 - Prague

Over two-thirds of incinerators not complying with limits

15.9.2004 - Prague

Mydlovary – the end station for toxic chemicals

23.8.2004 - Mydlovary

Arnika: the Inspectorate imposed too low a fine on Draslovka

12.6.2006 - Kolín

Environmental Best Practice Awards Presented to Pioneering Hospitals in Europe

7.6.2006 - Olomouc / Stockholm

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

8.3.2006 - Prague

Citizens' associations contacted UNESCO because of skyscrapers in Pankrác

1.3.2006 - Prague

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

7.2.2006 - Prague

REACH to guarantee stricter control of hazardous chemicals

27.1.2006 - Prague

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

29.12.2005 - Istanbul

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

25.11.2005 - Prague / London

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

23.11.2005 - Prague

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

1.11.2005 - Liberec

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

27.3.2007 - Prague

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

7.3.2007 - Brno

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

21.12.2006 - Ústí nad Labem

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

13.11.2006 - Brussels

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

27.7.2006 - Ústí nad Labem

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

18.7.2006 - Klatovy

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

10.7.2006 - Prague

Arnika will celebrate the International Danube Day

28.6.2006 - Jihlava / Třebíč

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

15.6.2006 - Ústí nad Labem

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

15.6.2006 - Brusseles / Prague

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

22.8.2007 - Prague

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

2.8.2007 - 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

16.7.2007 - Boskovice

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

20.6.2007 - Prague

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

6.6.2007 - Prague

New analyses confirm the necessity of decontamination

29.5.2007 - Plzeň

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

24.5.2007 - Prague

Spolana must phase out using mercury by the end of 2014

9.5.2007 - Prague

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

26.4.2007 - Mělník

Don´t play with PVC, warns Arnika

19.4.2007 - Prague

Informative panels on PVC are placed in tearoom

22.2.2008 - Děčín

People in Jihlava are burdened by formaldehyde more than is usual

20.2.2008 - Jihlava

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

18.12.2007 - České Budějovice

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

6.12.2007 - Prague

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

16.10.2007 - Prague

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

16.10.2007 - Prague / Brussels

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

1.10.2007 - České Budějovice

PVC risks to be discussed in Mothers´ center Medvídek

1.10.2007 - Ústí nad Orlicí

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

12.9.2007 - Ústí nad Labem

Arnika discovers new children's products containing toxic phthalates

12.9.2007 - Prague

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

22.4.2008 - Prague

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

17.4.2008 - Prague

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

28.3.2008 - Prague

Arnika celebrates the anniversary of The Stockholm Convention in six cities

21.5.2008 - 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

18.3.2008 - Děčín

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

3.3.2008 - Chomutov

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

26.2.2008 - Prague

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

11.6.2008 - Louny

Students from thirteen countries organised a discussion on Prague greenery

5.6.2008 - Prague / Wageningen

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

27.5.2008 - Prague / Wageningen

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

11.6.2008 - České Budějovice

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

12.7.2008 - Děčín

UNESCO requests height reduction of skyscrapers at the Pankrác Plain

13.8.2008 - Prague

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

5.9.2008 - Prague

Arnika Launches a Petition to Save Prague Greenery

20.10.2008 - Prague

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

5.4.2002 - Prague

Integrated pollution prevention permit for Spolchemie has entered into force

15.2.2010 - Ústí nad Labem

Experts: UNESCO skyline warning should be taken seriously

3.9.2007 - Prague

Building blocks

18.7.2007 - Prague

UNESCO recommendation gives hope

7.2.2010 - Prague

UNESCO warns Czechs of skyscrapers in Prague

2.7.2007 - Prague

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