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In den kommenden 40 Jahren sind in der Europäischen Union etwa 11 000 t metallisches Quecksilber zu beseitigen, das in der Chlor-Alkali-Industrie nicht mehr genutzt wird oder bei der Nichteisenmetallproduktion sowie der Gasreinigung anfällt. Eine Option zur Beseitigung ist die dauerhafte Ablagerung in Untertagedeponien (UTD) im Salzgestein.

Three different wood preservative products, their eluates produced by leaching tests, mixtures of some of their ingredients and some of their ingredients as single substances were tested for growth inhibition of green algae as well as acute and chronic toxicity to Daphnia magna. The tests were conducted according to OECD standard guidelines and supported by analytical

The Project deals with the possibilities of performing mixture toxicity assessment within the environmental risk assessment of the authorization of biocide and plant protection products. To this end a review on the state of scientific knowledge about the predictivity of combined effects is collated.

Das neue Heft der Zeitschrift UMID behandelt unter anderem die Frage, ob Handynutzung die männliche Fruchtbarkeit schädigt. Der Artikel fasst die Ergebnisse ausgewählter Studien und Übersichtsarbeiten zusammen.

Seit 1991 werden alle Meldungen in Form des Erfassungsbogens zunächst nach Anhang V der alten StörfallV aus 1991 und seit Mai 2000 nach Anhang VI der neuen StörfallV aus 2000 am Umweltbundesamt zentral registriert.

Nanomaterials are nowadays used in increasing amounts in everyday products and special applications. Enhanced release of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) into the environment can hence be assumed. The first part of the study dealt with a method development for the stability testing of the coating of two different functionalised TiO2 nanomaterials.

The identification and the assessment of potential PBT/vPvB substances are key tasks of the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) under the REACH regulation. Potential PBT/vPvB substances can for example be identified using quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs). For a definitive assessment, experimental data are required.

In 2007 the German supreme federal authorities the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) issued a joint research strategy known as ”Nanotechnology: Health and Environmental Risks of Nanomaterials”, lead-managed by BAuA.

Fire-fighting foams are used in fire-fighting to extinguish flammable liquids (fire category B) and solids which liquefy in case of fire or heat exposure.

2007 veröffentlichten die drei deutschen Bundesoberbehörden Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA), Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR) und Umweltbundesamt (UBA) unter der Federführung der BAuA die gemeinsame Forschungsstrategie „Nanotechnologie: Gesundheits- und Umweltrisiken von Nanomaterialien“.

In assessing the impact of biocides to the environment, specific measures to reduce a possible risk to the environmental compartments may be required.

At the nanoscale level, the physical, chemical, and biological properties of materials differ in fundamental, and often valuable, ways from the properties of individual atoms and molecules, or bulk matter. Research and development in nanotechnology is directed towards creating im-proved materials, devices, and systems that exploit the new properties.