Speaker profile
Jitka Strakova
Jitka Straková, is a global researcher at International Pollutants Elimination Netwok (IPEN), a global network forging a healthier world where people and the environment are no longer harmed by the production, use, and disposal of toxic chemicals. Since 15 year ago, Jitka worked as a volunteer, a local campaigner and later as a coordinator of international projects and as a research advisor in Arnika, Czech-based NGO. Jitka’s work is closely interlinked with IPEN’s Dioxins, PCB and Waste Working Group and involves conducting various studies on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in products, waste and the environment. Jitka authored several studies on POPs chemicals in products and co-authored monitoring reports on POPs pollution hot-spots around the globe.