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Pressemitteilung | created on 05.09.2023 | changed on 24.10.2023

Water resources must be better protected

Slow-to-degrade, mobile and partly toxic chemicals, so-called PMT/vPvM substances, can endanger our water resources over a long period of time. That is why the German Environment Agency – in line with the European chemicals regulation REACH – is calling for emissions of such substances into the environment to be minimised. The urgent need for action is shown by four new UBA studies. read more

Artikel | created on 11.03.2014 | changed on 05.04.2024

Switchgear

Sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆), which has a very high global warming potential, is used for insulation and arc quenching in switchgear. SF₆ emissions have been successfully reduced thanks to a voluntary industry commitment. Alternative products to substitute SF₆ in various applications have been developed. read more

News | created on 04.07.2023 | changed on 20.12.2023

The World Chemicals Conference – Why we need it

Chemicals are a major driver for global warming, biodiversity loss and pollution. Bold political action is urgently needed. The Fifth World Chemicals Conference (ICCM5) 25-29 September 2023 in Bonn/Germany is bound to set up a stronger policy framework for the sound management of chemicals at global level. read more

Publikation | created on 26.04.2022 | changed on 26.04.2022

Emerging and legacy organic contaminants in the polar regions

The report summarises and evaluates the current state of knowledge on organic contaminants in polar regions that have become significant concerns because of their persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity potential. Climate change can also alter the biogeochemical cycling of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and emerging organic contaminants (EOCs). The report concludes that continual monit... read more

Publikation | created on 13.12.2022 | changed on 13.12.2022

Food web on ice- Investigation of the bioaccumulation of chemicals in an exemplary food chain

Trophic magnification factors (TMFs) have been derived in a variety of different aquatic eco-systems worldwide to investigate accumulation patterns of environmentally relevant chemicals. Not only is the TMF interesting for chemicals’ risk assessment related questions, but also for monitoring aspects under the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). This study is the first TMF study con-ducte... read more

Dokument | created on 28.04.2021 | changed on 28.04.2021

Filling the gaps to better prioritize PMT/ vPvM substances under REACH- Hans Peter H. Arp

The Umweltbundesamt

For our environment