… and data Conferences ESBs Each environmental specimen bank holds its archive where the samples are safely stored for future investigations. The individual programmes … range of species from terrestrial, freshwater, marine and coastal ecosystems from all over the world. South Korea also maintains two specimen banks with different … deer). The programme also includes abiotic samples (suspended particulate matter, soil) and samples of human body fluids (blood, urine) and hair.  France runs the …

… Environmental Specimen Bank Group Home Protocols and data Conferences ESBs The International Environmental Specimen Bank Group (IESB) promotes the worldwide … Europe, Asia and North America to Australia, the Arctic and the Antarctic. Usually, the samples are accessible to third parties (e.g. universities) for research … document levels and trends in air pollutions. Other terrestrial specimens include soil, earthworms, terrestrial bird eggs and mammals. Some ESBs also sample the human …

… in contamination are analysed because differences in sample handling can distort the results of chemical analysis. Therefore, most ESBs have their own protocols that … For ESBs, such as the Canadian National Aquatic Biological Specimen Bank (NABSB) all information is maintained within a secured relational database. All specimens …

… UBA/BDL Workshop “Power-to-Liquid (PtL) in Air Transport” Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the European Union Rue Montoyer … set forth strategies for planning and executing mitigation of global warming across all sectors. As it still generates growth, air transport plays an important part in … Agency (UBA) is currently developing a concept for a greener air transport. One of its pillars is seen in the industrial-scale production of so-called power-to-liquid …

… Specimen Bank (South Korea) Conferences Home Protocols and data Conferences ESBs The Environmental Specimen Bank community meets in regular intervals for international conferences. These meetings foster the dialogue on quality standards, chemical data and … Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories 2016 Annual Meetings and Exhibits, Berlin, Germany, 05-08 April 2016, Conference website 3rd International …

… Source: jzehnder / fotolia.com Cadmium is toxic and cancerogenic. It belongs to the heavy metals and usually occurs bound to other substances. In ambient air arsenic is measured bound to … is mainly toxic to the kidneys and disturbs the bone metabolism. Cadmium and its inorganic compounds are classified as being cancerogenic. Air quality standards …

… emission source. Source: B. Plank / Fotolia.com Lead is a toxic heavy metal and usually occurs bound to other substances. In ambient air lead is measured bound to particulate matter. last … that is valid since 1 January 2005 Air pollution Since 2007 the limit value was not exceeded in Germany, the concentrations are significantly below the limit value. …