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  • Article from 13.06.2023 | Last changed: 11.08.2025

    Air monitoring networks

    … occur in such low concentrations that they do not have any effect on humans or the environment. With others it takes a long time until their effects are manifest. In … pollutant, maps showing the current air quality situation in all of Germany. This information is updated continuously. Measuring values from individual stations with … operational is available at the Federal Environment Agency’s stations database. Geographical location of UBA's monitoring sites Air does not respect frontiers. …

  • Article from 12.01.2023 | Last changed: 16.08.2023

    2022-2025 Dialogue on Micropollutants

    … Background After a two-year National Water Dialogue of the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUV) and the German Environment Agency, the BMUV presented the draft … and identify ways to reduce it. It will recommend measures and provide information on risks. Project Goals The goal of the current project is to further …

  • Article from 18.02.2025 | Last changed: 17.06.2025

    Pain relief gel – questions and answers

    Photo showing hands with white cream, which is wiped off with a paper towel.

    … Pain relief gel – questions and answers For the sake of the environment: wipe first, then wash Source: Lena Aebli / Ecologic Institut 2024 Viele … Antidepressiva und Arzneimittel mit hormonellen Wirkungen (3). Ausführlichere Information sind auf der Themenseite Humanarzneimittel und Umwelt des … Berlin Schwarz, S., Gildemeister, D.; Hein, A.; Schröder, P. Bachmann, J. (2021) Environmental fate and effects assessment of human pharmaceuticals: lessons learnt …

  • Article from 26.10.2023 | Last changed: 07.02.2024

    NonHazCity 3 Interreg Project

    Logo NonHazCity3

    … pollutants and their associated risks in buildings. In the project, knowledge systems are planned on three levels: strategic solutions for management procedures … of tox-free, climate-neutral and sustainable buildings; and provision of information and tools for tox-free, climate-neutral and sustainable construction and renovation. The German Environment Agency leads the group activities that transfer the project output into …

  • Article from 07.02.2023 | Last changed: 14.11.2024

    Relevant Micropollutants

    … Relevant Micropollutants Which micropollutants are an environmental risk for water bodies and should therefore be scrutinised more … been evaluated as relevant. last update on 07.02.2023 The micropollutant-related information on the relevant micropollutants is compiled in brief dossiers by the …

  • Article from 12.06.2025 | Last changed: 18.06.2025

    Climate Action in Agriculture on a global level

    A farmer plows a field with a ox plow

    … (21–37 percent) of global greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed to our food systems: 9-14 percent are caused by crop production and livestock farming on … Paris Agreement . In addition, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep the environmental impact of the food system within planetary boundaries. In order to …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Military and armament contaminated sites

    … these projects on a CD that was issued in 2003. To order this CD, see the contact information on the right. Former airfield of the Soviet army You can see facilities … longer actively addresses this issue and stopped updating its database in 2003. For information concerning legacy military sites, contact the competent federal or …

  • Article from 23.03.2015 | Last changed: 13.11.2017

    Thermal treatment

    waste incineration plant

    … district heating and other purposes. Most facilities with wet waste gas scrubbing systems run without the use of additional water. Virtually all of the bottom ash … plants has become a mainstay of sewage sludge disposal in Germany. For detailed information concerning sewage sludge disposal in Germany, see the pamphlet titled …

  • Landing page from 22.10.2025

    Green public procurement

    … to city buses. This massive purchasing power can potentially be used to reduce environmental pollution, improve environmental product and service range, and …

  • Article from 01.08.2024 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Soil Investigation Advisory Board (FBU)

    … of the equivalence in the Federal Gazette by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), … of the BBodSchG and BBodSchV. Its main tasks include compiling application information of procedures and methods, determining their suitability and publication … for assessing measurement uncertainty using confidence levels and a traffic light system. Messunsicherheit für Verfahren zum Vollzug der BBodschV Specification of the …

  • Article from 10.04.2025 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

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     The UBA building in Dessau-Roßlau from above. The building is elongated, with a façade of wood and coloured glass slabs and slanted solar cells covering the entire surface of the flat roof