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  • Article from 19.05.2025 | Last changed: 13.06.2025

    Testing facility of Pests of Public Health Importance

    two rats

    Testing facility of Pests of Public Health Importance Rats are among the health pests. Source: Heiko Kiera / Fotolia.com … are tested and evaluated for their efficacy. In the field of rodent testing, trap systems and bait protection stations are tested and evaluated and bait products are …

  • Article from 20.05.2022 | Last changed: 18.07.2022

    Good to know about nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    … wants to help promote the opportunities nanotechnology offers for environment and health protection while at the same time evaluating and preventing its risks. last … iron for the remediation of groundwater damages Nanotechnology-based lighting systems: organic light-emitting diode (OLED) Use of nanomaterials in textiles …

  • Article from 13.09.2023 | Last changed: 06.10.2023

    The Rotterdam Convention

    a container-ship

    … Office for Chemicals (BfC) of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) is the authority responsible for implementing the regulation in … environmental agreements (MEAs) that share the common goal of protecting human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals and wastes. To improve …

  • Article from 04.08.2015 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil protection law

    paragraphs

    … and sustainable use of biological diversity, including that in terrestrial ecosystems. The Climate Framework Convention contains agreements on mitigation and … (FBU) Boden des Jahres Related publications The upcoming European Soil Health Law – chances and challenges for an effective soil protection PROSOIL – … and sustainable use of biological diversity, including that in terrestrial ecosystems. The Climate Framework Convention contains agreements on mitigation and …

  • Article from 26.09.2023 | Last changed: 26.09.2023

    Harmonisation of health assessment – LCI values and EU-LCI values

    An attic floor will be finished.

    Harmonisation of health assessment – LCI values and EU-LCI values Materials used for interior fittings must not pose a risk to health. Source: Jürgen Fälchle / Fotolia.com Many European Research projects show …

  • Article from 21.02.2023 | Last changed: 21.02.2023

    Environmental management at UBA

    EMAS logo on the face of the UBA office building in Dessau-Roßlau

    … Source: Umweltbundesamt The UBA had already introduced an environmental management system in the late 1990s, which was then validated in 2001 according to the most … greenhouse gas-neutral. last update on 21.02.2023 Our environmental management system at a glance UBA endeavours to implement the same recommendations it … (1.93 MB) Tags EMAS environmental management environmental management system … The UBA had already introduced an environmental management system in the …

  • Article from 19.07.2024 | Last changed: 19.07.2024

    Questions and Answers on Water Reuse

    … these are not removed sufficiently thoroughly from the waste water, risks to human health, soil, groundwater, plants and animals result.  The three-stage waste water … water production. To prevent existing risks to the environment and human and animal health, international (e.g. ISO 16075 ) and national regulations (e.g. US EPA 2012;) …

  • Article from 14.04.2023 | Last changed: 16.08.2023

    Micropollutants in Water Bodies

    … biocides and other chemicals can have effects on the environment and human health even in low concentrations. These micropollutants are increasingly being … data on sales and usage levels needs to be collected, environmental pollution systematically monitored and overarching guidelines for the environmentally sound …

  • Article from 09.10.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Geoengineering-Governance

    atmosphere of the Earth

    … of ideas have emerged in recent years for potential interventions in the climate system to counteract global warming. What these so-called geoengineering measures … refers to “the deliberate large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system in order to counteract man-made (anthropogenic) climate change” (Royal … (enhanced weathering). Effective climate protection or megalomania? UBA published a systematic analysis of geoengineering methods in 2011. The publication …

  • Article from 22.04.2020 | Last changed: 22.04.2020

    Chemicals

    … The biota EQS for fluoranthene (30 µg/kg) was adopted to protect human health when consuming fisheries products. The biota EQS were also taken up in the … The biota EQS for fluoranthene (30 µg/kg) was adopted to protect human health when consuming fisheries products. The biota EQS were also taken up in the …

  • Article from 22.05.2019 | Last changed: 28.05.2019

    Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

    … the very bioaccumulative BDE, dioxins, heptachlor, HCB and PFOS is to protect human health when consuming fishery products. For HBCDD and hexachlorobutadiene the aim of … the very bioaccumulative BDE, dioxins, heptachlor, HCB and PFOS is to protect human health when consuming fishery products. For HBCDD and hexachlorobutadiene the aim of …