Miroslav Šuta (born 1969 in

Chomutov Chomutov (; ) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. There are almost 80,000 inhabitants in the city's wider metropolitan area. The historic city centre is well preserved and is protected as ...

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) is a Czech environmental expert and non-fiction writer.

Activities in civil society organizations

He has been a member of the National committee for chemical safety since 1997 and several working groups of

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(EEB). He came to the attention of the public between 2000 and 2002, when he was the coordinator of the

Greenpeace Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of Environmental movement, environmental activists. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its biod ...

Czech campaign against toxic substances, which succeeded in ending the sale of

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toys containing

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. He published articles in several Czech magazines, for example ''

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'', '' Literární noviny'', '' Sedmá generace'' (Seventh Generation), ''Odpady'' (Waste) or ''EKO - ekologie a společnost'' (ECO - ecology and society). He also works with Czech TV and Czech radio.

Bibliography

* 1996 – ''The effects of car exhaust gases on human health'' (Czech and Slovak Traffic Club, )ZO ČSOP Veronica
/ref> * 2007 – ''Biotechnology, environment and sustainable development'' (Společnost pro trvale udržitelný život, ) * 2008 – ''Chemicals in environment and health'' (Ekologický institut Veronica,

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References

External links

Blog, Miroslav Šuta

Miroslav Šuta: Kdo potřebuje rajčata s prodlouženou trvanlivostí?

Society for Sustainable Living
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