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  • Article from 19.05.2015 | Last changed: 19.05.2015

    Implementation of REACH

    … substances may only be produced or marketed in the EU if they are registered under REACH (‘ No data, no market‘ ). This basic principle issues from the experience gained under prior legislation under which no systematic data were available on virtually all chemicals. …

  • Article from 16.12.2021 | Last changed: 28.03.2025

    Pharmaceuticals

    various colorful tablets and pills from the top

    … in effluent from the wastewater treatment plants, surface waters, sediments, groundwater or soil ( Graumnitz et al. 2021 ). The different entry pathways to the … more difficult to ensure risk reduction through restriction of the drug's use on grounds of regional and continuous input to the environment or because of its special … content Links WS 2017: Environmental Risk Ass. of Veterinary Medicinal Products Workshop 2016: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment Lunch debate 2015 on environmental …

  • Article from 07.08.2024 | Last changed: 05.02.2025

    UBA offices

    Collage of three buildings: modern glass building, historic building in green environment and mountain station on snow-covered slope

    … last update on 07.08.2024 Close UBA Dessau-Roßlau main entrance Source: Umweltbundesamt The UBA´s headquarter in Dessau-Roßlau Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 … Zinsius / Umweltbundesamt UBA in Berlin-Marienfelde: the newly built “Haus 2019“ zero-energy building Source: Umweltbundesamt Next Previous Langen office … is used for the storage of low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste. In mid-2019, the Federal Ministry for the Environment transferred the tasks of a …

  • Article from 06.02.2025 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    President

    Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner

    … President Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner Source: Susanne Kambor / Umweltbundesamt Image in print resolution: may be used free of charge for editorial … Messner succeeded Maria Krautzberger, who was retiring at the end of the year 2019. Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner was Director of the Institute for Environment and Human … Messner succeeded Maria Krautzberger, who was retiring at the end of the year 2019. Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner was Director of the Institute for Environment and Human …

  • Article from 13.10.2016 | Last changed: 13.10.2016

    Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Risks

    … reports Scientific Stakeholder Meeting on Nanomaterials in the Environment Background and position papers Nanomaterials in the environment Summary of the results of … Use of nanomaterials in coatings Use of nanoscale iron for the remediation of groundwater damages Nanotechnology-based lighting systems: organic light-emitting diode … and the use of the data for further environmental testing and assessment strategies 2019 Analysis of studies and research projects regarding the detection of …

  • Article from 08.01.2024 | Last changed: 09.01.2024

    Mobile air conditioning with fluorinated refrigerants

    The photo shows that the fluorinated refrigerant 1234yf burned during the laboratory test.

    … Laboratory test of the ignition behaviour of the refrigerant 1234yf Source: Umweltbundesamt An EU directive bans the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases with global … of the flame were detached. These flames can lead to fires depending on the surrounding of the flame detachments. The ignition behaviour of 1234yf when exposed to … test by DUH (2008) Publications Persistente Abbauprodukte halogenierter Kälte- und Treibmittel in der Umwelt: Art, Umweltkonzentrationen und Verbleib unter …

  • Article from 22.08.2019 | Last changed: 24.09.2019

    Emissions from wood and coal burning stoves in residential areas

    different houses, covered with snow, with smoking chimneys

    … odours in the neighbourhood and be harmful to health. last update on 22.08.2019 Use of wood and coal stoves in residential areas For many people it has become … is not in use.    According to the Federal Association of Chimney Sweepers around 11.7 Mio so called “ single-roo m firing systems” are installed in Germany. They … aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) might occur in some residential areas, e specially under inversion weather conditions when a large number of wood burning stoves and …

  • Article from 13.02.2019 | Last changed: 13.02.2020

    Environmental protection in specific law

    … Environmental protection in specific law last update on 13.02.2019 Environmental issues and goals must be integrated into the substantive … Links Umweltprüfung Publications International Governance for Environmentally Sound Supply of Raw Materials – Policy Options and Recommendations Stärkung eines nachhaltigen Konsums im Bereich Produktnutzung durch Anpassungen im Zivil- und öffentlichen Recht Umweltschutz im Planungsrecht Klimaschutz in der räumlichen …

  • Article from 06.10.2022 | Last changed: 07.10.2022

    Environmental justice – Environment, health and social conditions

    Where we live is a determining factor for how much we are affected by environmental influences.

    … are often more exposed to environmental stress than socially advantaged people. Under the heading of “environmental justice”, the UBA works on the subject of the … Strategie zu Umweltgerechtigkeit – Pilotprojekt in deutschen Kommunen“ (2019) Umsetzung einer integrierten Strategie zu Umweltgerechtigkeit – Pilotprojekt … “Environmental health inequalities in Europe. Second assessment report” (2019) (englisc… WHO-Bericht „Environmental health inequalities in Europe. Assessment …

  • Article from 23.03.2017 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Commissions and Working Groups

    etwa 10 Leute sitzen auf einer Veranstaltung an U-förmig aufgestellten Tischen mit Namensschildern und Laptops, vorne läuft ein Beamer

    … indoor air pollutants and derives guide values for indoor air. To establish the fundamentals for a uniform and reproducible health-related evaluation of building … indoor air pollutants and derives guide values for indoor air. To establish the fundamentals for a uniform and reproducible health-related evaluation of building …

  • Article from 04.05.2020 | Last changed: 30.07.2020

    Formaldehyde emissions: Test conditions for wood-based materials

    … on the assessment of risks to health, occurrence and possible measures can be found on our page dedicated to formaldehyde . Although legal regulations (Hazardous … evaluated formaldehyde measurements in more than 2,000 homes of different ages, found that about 4 percent of the houses surveyed, including newer ones, exceeded the … µg/m³). This value was introduced by the former German public health office, the Bundesgesundheitsamt , as a formaldehyde guideline back in 1977 and confirmed again …

  • Article from 26.03.2024 | Last changed: 26.03.2024

    Air Quality Control in Europe

    … on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency. It is available free of charge under the name of AUSTAL and has proved its practical value.  Modellers from abroad … Air Quality Control (ger) Related contents Der Luftqualitätsindex (LQI) des Umweltbundesamtes Kurzanleitung für das Internetangebot „Luftdaten“ Indikator: Luftqualität … the Revision of the Air Quality Directive 2008/50 EU Air quality 2020 Air Quality 2019 Tags air quality air quality control … Industrial installations are only …