About
Kenya is a country on the east coast of Africa, and it is the cradle of nature conservation, but in addition to well-known national parks and wildlife, it also hosts a number of sites polluted by waste and toxic substances. One of the most famous such places is the Dandora dumpsite in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. And this is where the cooperation between Arnika and Kenyan NGOs began, when in 2004 a sample of hen's eggs was taken and sent to Czech laboratories for analysis for toxic substances. The Kenyan government thus obtained the first specific data on dioxins in Kenya.
Since then, Arnika has coordinated several projects in which, together with Kenyan partners, we have mapped toxic substances such as dioxins, brominated flame retardants and mercury not only in sources of pollution, but also in cosmetic creams.
Most of the projects were made possible by the international network of civil society organizations IPEN and, in recent years also, by the support of the Swedish government.

News
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…
16.03.2005
NAIROBI/PRAHA/GÖTEBORG
The analysis of six sampled eggs collected near the Dandora dumpsite revealed that the concentration of dioxins in the eggs was six times higher than the…
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…
Photogallery
28.12.2011
LAKE NAKURU
Lake Nakuru has salt water and therefore hosts an inexhaustible number of birds and other animals. It is a small but biologically valuable national park in…
20.12.2004
NAIROBI
The Dandora landfill in Nairobi is one of the places where organizations from different countries take samples of free-range hens' eggs for a global study to…
Publications
24.04.2019
ACCRA / KUMASI
This study investigated POP contamination at a total of six sites: the world's largest scrap yard in Agbogbloshie (Ghana); medical waste incinerators in Accra…
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…
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