Issues

• Agriculture and Foodstuffs Industry
• Air and Air Pollution Control
• Biodiversity ⁄ Environmental Monitoring
• Chemicals Policy and Pollutants, REACH
• Climate Change
• Energy
• Environmental Awareness and Sustainable Consumption
• Environmental Economics and Management
• Environmental Law ⁄ Associational Claims
• Environmental and Spatial Planning
• Health and Environmental Hygiene
• International Environmental Protection, Antarctic
• Noise
• Products
• Soil and Contaminated Sites
• Sustainable Production, Plant Safety
• Sustainable Resource Use
• Transport
• Waste Management
• Water, Drinking Water, and Water Protection

You are in: Home > Health and Environmental Hygiene - What's new > Publications

Health and Environmental Hygiene

Publications

Last changed: 3/01/13

 

General

• Current approaches to Cyanotoxin risk assessment, risk management and regulations in different countries
• Environmental Health in Germany
• TECHNICAL ANNEXES to the Communication of the Commission on the European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 PDF / 80 KB

back to top

Air

• Newsletter: Bi-annual bulletin of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control

back to top

Bathing waters

• Current approaches to cyanotoxin risk assessment, risk management and regulations in different countries
• Epidemiological Determination of Disease Risks from Bathing

Bisphenol A

• Bisphenol A – An industrial chemical with adverse effects

Building / construction products

• Building Products: Determining and avoiding pollutants and odours – Results from a research project
• Environmental and Health Provisions for Building Products - Identification and evaluation of VOC emissions and odour exposure
• Implementation of Health and Environmental Criteria in Technical Specifications for Construction Products
• Safe Construction Products for Health and the Environment: How much testing is necessary to implement the EC Construction Products Directive?

back to top

Children and health

• A liveable environment for our children - Report by Germany on Implementation of the WHO "Children´s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe" (CEHAPE)
• Brochure ”Children! The link between the environment and children's health”
• Bochure „Start in Life: Environmental influences on infants, unborn babies and fertility – Questions and Answers”
• Environmental health risks – what are the differences between children and adults?
• German Environmental Survey for Children 2003/06 - GerES IV - Human Biomonitoring
  Levels of selected substances in blood and urine of children in Germany
  WaBoLu-Heft 01/2008

back to top

Climate Change and Health

• Climate Change and Health - UMID Special Issue PDF / 2,99 MB

Drinking water

• Background paper: Provisional Evaluation of PFT in Drinking Water - Statement by the Drinking Water Commission (Trinkwasserkommission) of the German Ministry of Health at the Federal Environment Agency PDF / 168 KB
• Current approaches to cyanotoxin risk assessment, risk management and regulations in different countries

Educational material for school

• Environment and health - Educational and information materials for primary level
  • Workbook for pupils
  • Information for teachers

Environmental Justice

• UMID: Environmental Justice, Special Issue II (UMID 02/2011) PDF / 6,57 MB

Flame retardants

• Emission of Flame Retardants from Consumer Products and Building Materials
• Residues of flame retardants in breast milk from Germany with specific regard to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)

back to top

German Environmental Survey (GerES)

GerES I (1985/86), GerES II (1990/92) and GerES III (1998)

See also:

• Reports of GerES I (1985/86)
• Reports of GerES II (1990/92)
• Reports of GerES III (1998)

• Bolte, G. (2008): Socioeconomic factors and environmental exposures in Germany - current state of knowledge and analysis of selected environmental pollutants - Analyses of the contributions of enviromnental policy and ecological modernization to the improvement of quality of life in Germany and further development of the conception of ecological justice, Subproject 01: Analyses of ecological justice: an explorative preparatory study - Summary PDF / 29 KB
• Benemann, J., Lehmann, N., Bromen, K., Marr, A., Seiwert, M., Schulz, C., Jöckel, K.-H.: Assessing contamination paths of the German adult population with gold and platinum. The German Environmental Survey 1998 (GerES III). Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health. 208 (2005) 499-508.
• Heinrich, J., Hölscher, B., Seiwert, M., Carty, C., Merkel, G., Schulz, C.: Nicotine and cotinine in adults' urine. The German Environmental Survey 1998. J. Exp. Anal. Environ. Epidemiology, 15 (2005) 74-80.
• Seifert, B., Becker, K., Benemann, J., Jöckel, K.-H-, Schulz, C., Seiwert, M.: Biomarkers of human exposure to mercury in Germany: Comparison with guide values. 13th Annual Conference of ISEA 2003. Stresa, Italy, September 21-24, 2003.
• Heinrich, J., Seiwert, M., Hoelscher, B., Merkel, G., Schulz, C.: Nicotine and cotinine in adult's urine - the German National Environmental Survey. Conference of the American Thoratic Society, Seattle, USA, May 16-21, 2003. Am. J. Resp. Critical Care Med. 167, 7 (2003) A49.
• Becker, K., Schulz, C., Kaus, S., Seiwert, M., Seifert, B.: German Environmental Survey 1998 (GerES III). Environmental pollutants in urine of the German population. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 206 (2003) 15-24.
• Becker, K., Kaus, S., Krause, C., Lepom, P., Schulz, C., Seiwert, M., Seifert, B.: German Environmental Survey 1998 (GerES III). Environmental pollutants in blood of the German population. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 205 (2002) 297-308.
• Becker, K., M. Seiwert, S. Kaus, C. Krause, C. Schulz and B. Seifert: German Environmental Survey 1998 (GerES III): Pesticides and other pollutants in house dust. In: INDOOR AIR '02. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate Vol. IV. Monterey, CA, USA, June 30-July 5, 2002, p. 883-887.
• Seifert, B., Becker, K., Schulz, C.: The German Environmental Surveys (GerES). 11th Annual Conference of ISEA 2001. Book of Abstracts. Charlston, SC, USA, November 4-8, 2001.
• Hoffmann, K., C. Krause and B. Seifert: The German Environmental Survey 1990/92 (GerES II): Primary predictors of blood cadmium levels in adults. Arch. Environ. Health 56, 4 (2001) 374-379.
• Seifert, B., K. Becker, D. Helm, C. Krause, C. Schulz, and M. Seiwert: The German Environmental Survey 1990/92 (GerES II): Reference concentrations of selected environmental pollutants in blood, urine, hair, house dust, drinking water, and indoor air. J. Exp. Anal. Environ. Epidemiology 10 (2000) 552-565.
• Helm, D., M. Jantunen and T. Rotko: Reporting results to participants of exposure studies. Sci. Total Environ. 262 (2000) 191-195.
• Hoffmann, K., K. Becker, C. Friedrich, D. Helm, C. Krause, and B. Seifert: The German  Environmental Survey 1990/92 (GerES II): Cadmium in blood, urine, and hair of adults and children. J. Exp. Anal. Environ. Epidemiology 10, 2 (2000) 126-135.
• Hoffmann, K., C. Krause, B. Seifert, and D. Ullrich: The German Environmental Survey 1990/92 (GerES II): Sources of personal exposure to volatile organic compounds. J. Exp. Anal. Environ. Epidemiology 10, 2 (2000) 115-125.
• Seifert, B., K. Becker, K. Hoffmann, C. Krause, and C. Schulz: The German Environmental Survey 1990/92 (GerES II): A representative population study. J. Exp. Anal. Environ. Epidemiology 10, 2 (2000) 103-114.
• Becker, K.,Kaus, S., Krause, C., Lepom, P., Schulz, C., Seiwert, M., Seifert, B.: German Environmental Survey 1998 (GerES III): Reference concentrations of organochlorine compounds in blood. In: 10th Annual Conference of ISEA 2000, Book of Abstracts. Monterey, CA, USA, October 24-27, 2000.
• Kaus, S., Becker, K., Helm, D., Krause, C., Meyer, E., Schulz, C., Seiwert, M., Seifert, B.: German Environmental Survey 1998 (GerES III): Exposure from trace elements in drinking water. 10th Annual Conference of ISEA 2000, Book of Abstracts. Monterey, CA, USA, October 24-27, 2000.
• Schulz, C., Becker, K., Kaus, S., Krause, C., Seiwert, M., Seifert, B.: German Environmental Survey 1998 (GerES III): Human biomonitoring and trends over time. In: 10th Annual Conference of ISEA 2000, Book of Abstracts. Monterey, CA, USA, October 24-27, 2000.
• Seiwert, M., Becker, K., Kaus, S., Krause, C., Schulz, C., Seifert, B.: German Environmental Survey 1998 (GerES III): PAH in the urine of adults and children, 10th Annual Conference of ISEA 2000, Book of Abstracts. Monterey, CA, USA, October 24-27, 2000.
• Schulz, C., Becker, K., Friedrich, C., Helm, D., Hoffmann, K., Krause, C., Seifert, B.: The German Environmental Survey 1990/92 (GerES II): Time activity patterns of the general population in Germany. Annual Conference of ISEE/ISEA 1999. Epidemiology 10, 4 Supplement (1999) 102.

back to top

GerES IV (German Environmental Survey for Children, 2003-2006)

• Becker K, Müssig-Zufika M, Conrad A, Lüdecke A, Schulz C, Seiwert M, Kolossa-Gehring M (2008) German Environmental Survey for Children 2003/06 –GerES IV- Human Biomonitoring Levels of selected substances in blood and urine of children in Germany. WaBoLu-Hefte 01/08, ISSN 1862-4340. Federal Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau
• Schulz C, Lüdecke A, Conrad A, Seiwert M, Ullrich D, Kolossa-Gehring M (2007) German Environmental Survey of Children (GerES IV): Environmental tobacco smoke PDF / 472 KB. WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control at the Institute for Water, Soil and Air Hygiene of the Federal Environment Agency. 40, 13-15
• Becker K, Conrad A, Schulz C, Seiwert M, Kolossa-Gehring M, Angerer J, Walker G (2007) German Environmental Survey on children (GerES IV): Organochlorine compounds in blood and house dust. 17th Internat. Conferende Internat. Societey Exposure Analysis. October 14-18, Durham/Research Trinagle Park, North Carolina, USA, 2007. Abstract
• Wittassek M, Heger W, Koch HM, Becker K, Angerer J, Kolossa-Gehring M (2007) Daily intake of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) by German children – a comparison of two estimation models based on urinary DEHP metabolite levels. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 210 (1) 35-42
• Becker K, Conrad A, Kirsch N, Kolossa-Gehring M, Schulz C, Seiwert M, Seifert B (2007) German Environmental Survey (GerES): Human Biomonitoring as a tool to identify exposure pathways. Int J Hyg Environ Health 210 (3-4) 267-269
• Schulz C, Conrad A, Becker K, Kolossa-Gehring M, Seiwert M, Seifert B (2007) Twenty years of the German Environmental Survey (GerES), Human biomonitoring – temporal and spatial (West Germany/East Germany) differences in population exposure. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 210 (3-4) 271-297
• Kolossa-Gehring M, Becker K, Conrad A, Lüdecke A, Riedel S, Seiwert M, Schulz C, Szewzyk R (2007) German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV) – First Results. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 210 (5) 535-540
• Kolossa-Gehring M, Becker K, Conrad A, Lüdecke A, Schulz C, Seiwert M (2007) Monitoring children’s exposure – the German Environmental Survey. 4th Intern. Conf. on Children’s Health and the Environment. Vienna, Austria, June 10-12, 2007. Book of Abstracts 58
• Koch HM, Becker K, Wittassek M, Seiwert M, Angerer J, Kolossa-Gehring M (2007) Di-n-butylphthalte and Butylbezylphthalate (BBzP) – urinary metabolite levels and estimated daily intakes: pilot study for the German Environmental Survey on children (GerES IV). J. Exposure Sc. Environ. Epid. 17, 378-387
• Seiwert M, Schulz C, Becker K, Conrad A, Kolossa-Gehring M, Seifert B (2006) The German Environmental Survey (GerES): Response-rates and compliance. Poster at the ISEA 2006, Paris, France, September 2-6, 2006. Abstract Book, 502
• Schulz C, Becker K, Conrad A, Kolossa-Gehring M, Ullrich D, Seiwert M, Seifert B (2006) GerES IV: Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure of German children. Poster at the ISEA 2006, Paris, France, September 2-6, 2006. Abstract Book, 399
• Kolossa-Gehring M, Becker K (2006) German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV). Symposium: Human Biomonitoring (HBM) as a key tool in environment and health. ISEA 2006, Paris, France, September 2-6, 2006. Abstract Book, 307
• Ullrich D, Brenske KR, Herz A, Dijkgraaf R (2006) Uptake rates of diffuse samplers for VOC in indoor air quality analysis. Poster at the ISEA 2006, Paris, France, September 2-6, 2006. Abstract Book, 257
• Becker K, Conrad A, Kirsch N, Kolossa-Gehring, M, Schulz C, Seiwert M, Seifert B (2006) GerES IV: Time trends in exposure of German children to PAHs, cotinine, PCP, and heavy metals. ISEA 2006, Paris, France, September 2-6, 2006. Abstract Book, 44
• Becker K, Seiwert M, Angerer J, Kolossa-Gehring M, Hoppe H.-W, Ball M, Schulz C,
  Thumulla J, Seifert B (2006) GerES IV Pilot Study: assessment of the exposure of German children to organophosphorus and pyrethroid pesticides. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 209,
  221-233
• Becker K, Schulz C, Babisch W, Dürkop J, Roskamp E, Seiwert M, Szewzyk R, Ullrich D,
  Seifert B(2005) German environmental survey for children (GerES IV) 2003-2006. Pollution Atmosphérique 188, 475-479
• Becker K, Seiwert M, Ullrich D, Angerer J, Conrad A, Heidrich F, Hoppe H.-W,
  Kolossa-Gehring M, Schulz C, Thumulla J, Seifert B (2005) GerES IV Pilot Study: exposure of German children from indoor sources. ISEA 2005, October 30 - November 3 Tucson, Arizona, 2005. Abstract Book, 20
• Seiwert M, Becker K, Angerer J, Conrad A, Heidrich F, Kolossa-Gehring M, Schulz C, Seifert B (2005) GerES IV Pilot Study: assessment of the exposure of German children to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). Poster at the ISEA 2005, October 30 - November 3 Tucson, Arizona, 2005. Abstract Book, 249
• Becker K, Schulz C, Babisch W, Dürkop J, Roßkamp E, Seiwert M, Szewzyk R, Ullrich D, Seifert B (2004) German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV) 2003-2006. Newsletter of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control at the Federal Environmental Agency, Berlin PDF / 480 KB, (34) 2-7
• Becker K, Seiwert M, Angerer J, Heger W, Koch H.M, Nagorka R, Rosskamp E, Schlüter C, Seifert B, Ullrich D (2004) DEHP metabolites in urine of children and DEHP in house dust. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 207, 409-417

back to top

Human Biomonitoring Commission

The monographs and position papers of the Human Biomonitoring Commission were published as „Recommendations of the Federal Environment Agency” in the journal „Bundesgesundheitsbl Gesundheitsforsch Gesundheitsschutz” in German.

The following English publications and translations are available:

2012

• Human-Biomonitoring-(HBM)-Werte für Polychlorierte Biphenyle (PCB) im Blut. PDF / 196 KBZusammenfassung. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz 55 (8): 1069-1070
  Zusatzmaterial: ausführliche begründete Ableitung von Human-Biomonitoring-(HBM)-Werten für Polychlorierte Biphenyle (PCB) im Blut. PDF / 935 KB
• Stoffmonographie Bisphenol A (BPA) - Referenz- und Human-Biomonitoring-(HBM)-Werte für BPA im Urin. PDF / 1,15 MB
  Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz 55 (9): 1215-1231

2011

• Schulz C, Wilhelm M, Heudorf U, Kolossa-Gehring M,
  Update of reference and HBM values derived by the German Human Biomonitoring Commission. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 215 (1): 26-35
• Jürgen Angerer, Leas L. Aylward, Sean M. Hays, Birger Heinzow, Michael Wilhelm:
  Human biomonitoring assessment values: approaches und data requirements. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 214 (5):348-360
• Substance monograph: Phthalates – New and updated reference values for monoesters and oxidized metabolites in urine of adults and children. Bundesgesundheitsbl – Gesundheitsforsch – Gesundheitsschutz 2011, 54 (6): 770-785 in German, PDF / 246 KB

2010

• Wilhelm M, Heinzow B, Angerer J, Schulz C:
  Reassessment of critical lead effects by the German Human Biomonitoring Commission results in suspension of the human biomonitoring values (HBM I and HBM II) for lead in blood of children and adults. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 213 (4): 265-269

2009

• Addendum to “Substance Monograph: Mercury – Reference and Human Biomonitoring Values” of the Human Biomonitoring Commission of the Federal Environment Agency PDF / 124 KB
• Addendum to the Concept of Reference and Human Biomonitoring Values in Environmental Medicine PDF / 48 KB
• Schulz C, Angerer J, Ewers U, Heudorf U, Wilhelm M on behalf of the Human Biomonitoring Commission of the German Federal Environment Agency:
  Revised and new reference values for environmental pollutants in urine or blood of children in Germany derived from the German Environmental Survey on Children 2003-2006 (GerES IV). Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 212.

2008

• Aktualisierung der Referenzwerte für HCB, ß-HCH, DDT und PCB in Frauenmilch
• Wilhelm M, Hardt J, Schulz C, Angerer J on behalf of the Human Biomonitoring Commission of the German Federal Environment Agency.
  New reference values and the background exposure of PAH metabolites 1-hydroxypyrene and 1- and 2-naphthol in urine of the general population in Germany: Basis for validation of human biomonitoring data in environmental medicine. Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (3-4): 447-453.
• Acrylamide and Human Biomonitoring

2007

• Schulz C and Butte W.
  Revised reference value for pentachlorophenol in morning urine. Int. J. Hyg. Environm. Health (210/6):741-744.
• Schulz C, Angerer J, Ewers U, Kolossa-Gehring M:
  The German Human Biomonitoring Commission. Int. J. Hyg. Environm. Health 210 (3-4):373-382.
• Derivation of human biomonitoring (HBM) values on the basis of tolerable daily intake. Part III: HBM values for di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalat (DEHP)
• Derivation of human biomonitoring (HBM) values on the basis of tolerable daily intake. Part II:  Rationale and way of derivation
• Derivation of human biomonitoring (HBM) values on the basis of tolerable daily intake. Part I: Introduction

2006

• Wilhelm M,Schulz C,Schwenk M:
  Revised and new reference values for arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury in blood or urine of children. Basis for validation of human biomonitoring data in environmental medicine. Int. J. Hyg. Environm. Health 209, 301-305
• Heudorf U,Butte W,Schulz C,Angerer J:
  Reference values for metabolites of pyrethroid and organophosphorous insecticides in urine for human biomonitoring in environmental medicine. Int. J. Hyg. Environm. Health 209,293-299
• Recommended Usage of Human Biomonitoring for Chemical Release Related to Accidents or Non-Normal Conditions of Operation with Exposure of the Public

2005

• New and revised reference values for trace elements in blood and urine for children – arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury
• 1-hyroxypyrene in urine as an indicator of internal exposure to polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) - reference value for 1-hyroxypyrene in urine.
• Internal pyrethroid exposure among the general population in Germany and reference values for pyrethroid metabolites in urine
• Uranium and Human Biomonitoring
• Substance Monograph: Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) – Reference values for 5oxo-MEHP and 5OH-MEHP in urine
• Standardisation of Substance Concentrations in urine – Creatinine PDF / 79 KB
• Hair Analysis in Environmental Medicine

2004

• Wilhelm M, Ewers U, Schulz C:
  Revised and new reference values for some trace elements in blood and urine for human biomonitoring in environmental medicine. Int. J. Hyg. Environm. Health 207, 69-73
• German Human Biomonitoring Commission: Commentary regarding the article by Drasch et al.:
  Scientific comment on the German human biological monitoring values (HBM values) for mercury. Int. J. Hyg. Environm. Health 207 (2002): 179-181.

2003

• Wilhelm M, Ewers U, Schulz C:
  Revised and new reference values for some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in blood for human biomonitoring in environmental medicine. Int. J. Hyg. Environm. Health 206, 223-229
• Internal Exposure to Organophosphates of the General Population in Germany and Reference Values for the Organophosphate Metabolites DMP, DMTP and DEP in Urine
• Substance Monograph: Arsenic - Reference Value in Urine
• Use of hemoglobin adducts as biomarkers to monitor exposure to genotoxic substances

2002

• German Human Biomonitoring Commission:
  Commentary regarding the article by Drasch et al.: Scientific comment on the German human biological monitoring values (HBM values) for mercury. Int. J. Hyg. Environm. Health 205, 509-512

1999

• Krause C, Schulz C, Seifert B:
  German Guideline Values for Hazardous Substances in Body Fluids (HBM I, HBM II, and Reference Values). Epidemiology, 10, 4 Supplement, Annual Conference of the ISEE and ISEA (1999) 70
• Ewers U, Krause C, Schulz C, Wilhelm M.
  Reference values and human biological biomonitoring values for environmental toxins
  Int Arch Occup Environ Health 72: 255-260
• Substance Monograph: Mercury - Reference Values and Human Biomonitoring (HBM) Levels
• Human-Biomonitoring of Formaldehyde

1998

• Aluminium Opinion of the Human Biomonitoring Commission of the German Federal Environment Agency

1997

• Substance Monograph: Pentachlorophenol - Reference Values and Human Biomonitoring (HBM) Values

back to top

Indoor air hygiene

• Brochure ”A Healthier Home - But How? - Practical Everyday Tips”
• Brochure "Guidelines for indoor air Hygiene in school buildings”
• Focus of Discussion: Energy Saving Lamps (background paper)
• Testing of Emissions from Office Devices during the Printing Phase for the Advancement of the Blue Angel Environmental Award for Laser Printers and Multi-function Devices with Special Consideration of Ensuring Good Indoor Air Quality

Nanoparticles

• Nanoparticle emission of selected products during their life cycle
  • English-language summary PDF / 8 KB
  • complete version in German
• Nanotechnology for humans and the environment (Background paper)
• Quantitative biokinetic analysis of radioactively labelled, inhaled Titanium dioxide Nanoparticles in a rat model

Noise

• Transportation Noise and Cardiovascular Risk

Plasticisers

• Phtalates - Useful plasticisers with undesired properties

More information

• publications in German

back to top

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home | Press | Publications | Get to know us | Services & Contact | Data | Jobs | Events | Disclaimer | Deutsch | Sitemap

© 2013 Umweltbundesamt Dessau-Roßlau