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  • Article from 22.02.2024 | Last changed: 19.05.2025

    German Environmental Survey, GerES VI (2023-2024)

    a colorful picture with many different faces

    … V (2014–2017) investigating exclusively children and adolescents, the focus is now again on adults aged 18–79 years. The last GerES focussing on the adult … V (2014–2017) investigating exclusively children and adolescents, the focus is now again on adults aged 18–79 years. The last GerES focussing on the adult …

  • Article from 15.05.2020 | Last changed: 18.05.2020

    Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)

    … clarithromycin and erythromycin were included in the first EU Watch List (EU COM 2015/495). In 2016 the German federal states measured these substances at 24 … ng/l for 17-Alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2). The diagrams below show the annual mean values of 2016 measurements. PNEC was exceeded at all the monitoring stations where …

  • Article from 30.08.2023 | Last changed: 30.08.2023

    Nickel in particulate matter

    Ein rauchender Schornstein vor bewölktem Himmel.

    … is probably cancerogenic. Air quality standards There is an Europe-wide target value of 20 ng/m³ as annual mean that is valid since 1 January 2013. Air pollution … value. The average concentration in urban and rural areas is about 1 µg/m³. Higher values are measured close to industry (3 ng/m³ at the moment). Lowest concentrations …

  • Article from 29.04.2022 | Last changed: 29.04.2022

    Newsletter WHO CC Air Hygiene

    Schild des WHO CC Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control

    … Newsletter 2001 - 2018 60, 02/2018 59, 07/2017 58, 02/2017 57, 07/2016 56, 12/2015 55, 06/2015 54, 12/2014 53, 06/2014 52, 12/2013 51, 06/2013 50, 12/2012 49, … related to Health Effects 41, 06/2008 December 2008 Update of WHO Air Quality Guidelines +++ PRONET - Pollution Reduction Options Network: Work Status Report +++ … Study on Health Effects of Air Pollution 33, 06/2004 December 2003 Mould Guide - Guide for the Prevention, Investigation, Evaluation and Remidiation of …

  • Article from 11.01.2023 | Last changed: 03.07.2025

    German Environmental Survey, GerES V (2014-2017)

    Six children on a lawn sich in einer Kette bei den Händen gefasst und hüpfen lachend in die Luft

    … and adolescents in Germany to environmental pollutants. derivation of reference values which can provide the basis for standardized assessment which can also be … health risks the use of some phthalates has been greatly restricted since early 2015 and may only be used with special authorisation. Many phthalates and their …

  • Article from 08.05.2023 | Last changed: 08.05.2023

    Human biomonitoring in Europe

    Waving flags of Switzerland, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Belgium and the European Union

    … Initiative, HBM4EU) Toxicological basic data for the derivation of EU-LCI values for 5 substances from building products Focus on the future: 3D printing Tags …

  • Article from 21.11.2022 | Last changed: 23.11.2022

    Cooperation for the promotion of human biomonitoring

    Refinery

    … human biomonitoring (HBM). The main objective of the cooperation is to improve the knowledge about substances to which the population might be increasingly exposed or … information on helath significance, toxicological effects and any assessment (HBM) values already derived by the Commission. More than half of the analytical methods …

  • Article from 19.03.2019 | Last changed: 07.02.2024

    European testing procedure: Emissions from construction products

    A gypsum board in an emissions testing chamber.

    … products and the corresponding declaration of performance (specification of single values and/or allocation of the results to classes). The European Commission is … of the testing methods in 2015 Report on the status of the testing methods in 2012 Guideline for the use of the methods Micropollutants from building materials in …

  • Article from 22.11.2016 | Last changed: 27.03.2017

    Food waste in the catering sector

    Schmackhafte Desserts an einem Buffet.

    … gas emissions. For the sake of the environment food waste should be prevented. A guideline by the German Environment Agency shows how it can work in the catering … is extremely complex, very heterogeneous and has gone largely unanalysed up to now. Catering as a form of "eating out" ranges from the snack bar at the next corner …

  • Article from 30.08.2023 | Last changed: 30.08.2023

    Cadmium in particulate matter

    Schornsteine vor blauem Himmel

    … as being cancerogenic. Air quality standards There is an Europe-wide target value of 5 ng/m³ as annual mean that is valid since 1 January 2013. Air pollution … average concentration in urban and rural areas is about 0.1 µg/m³. Slightly higher values are measured close to industry (0.6 ng/m³). The lowest concentrations are …

  • Article from 30.08.2023 | Last changed: 30.08.2023

    Lead in particulate matter

    Ein Auto steht in einer Tiefgarage.

    … to be probably cancerogenic. Air quality standards There is an Europe-wide limit value of 0.5 µg/m³ as annual mean that is valid since 1 January 2005 Air pollution … of the Environment Agency (2 ng/m³). Lead in particulate matter - annual mean values 2007 - 2021 Source: Umweltbundesamt II 4.2 mit Daten der Messnetze der Länder …

  • Article from 11.03.2021 | Last changed: 11.03.2021

    Benzo(a)pyrene in particulate matter

    Kaminofen mit Feuer und Brennholzkorb

    … mainly the lungs are damaged. Air quality standards There is an Europe-wide target value of 1 ng/m³ as annual mean that is valid since 1 January 2013. Air pollution … out of those four stations concerned are located close to traffic. The highest values are monitored close to traffic or industry. The average pollution at urban …