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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    GE-I-5: Pathogen vectors – case study

    The picture shows a close-up of the Asian Tiger Mosquito in the process of biting a human being.

    … (infection agents) which in many cases can be transmitted between animals and humans; owing to their increasing global mobility they are able to spread rapidly. …

  • Press release 20/08 from 31.03.2008 | Last changed: 04.04.2017

    Brominated flame retardants: guardian angels with a bad streak?

    … which can spread into the environment or accumulate in the food chain or in the human being. The commonly used flame retardants Decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE) … about the wide-ranging spread of DecaBDE and HBCD. Chemicals that accumulate in the human body or animals’ do not belong in the environment”, said Prof. Dr. Andreas …

  • Newsletter from 14.12.2018 | Last changed: 14.12.2018

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 6/2018

    … people and the environment – it also pays. After all, damage to the environment and human health is expensive. You can find out just how expensive it is in this edition … billion Euros of savings through lower levels of damage to the environment and human health. This is something that we shouldn’t forget in the discussions on air …

  • Cover from 27.11.2019

    Workshop “International Governance of Geoengineering”

    atmosphere of the Earth

    … increasing importance. Geoengineering is defined as a large-scale, intentional human intervention in the Earth’s climate system to alter the effects of climate … increasing importance. Geoengineering is defined as a large-scale, intentional human intervention in the Earth’s climate system to alter the effects of climate …

  • Press release 68/09 from 28.09.2009 | Last changed: 05.07.2013

    Experts explain climate change

    … change in climate have on ecosystems in the various regions around the globe and on human health? Climate experts at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) have the … change in climate have on ecosystems in the various regions around the globe and on human health? Climate experts at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) have the …

  • Press release 15/2024 from 28.03.2024 | Last changed: 08.04.2024

    Blue Angel for wood-burning stoves: Dust precipitators can reduce ultrafine particles by 97 percent

    Holzscheite glühen im Feuer

    … ultrafine particles Fine dust particles from wood burning has dire consequences for human health Source: focus finder / Fotolia.com Wood-burning stoves have been … of warmth. However, stove exhaust gases have a negative impact on air quality and human health. Burning wood produces harmful pollutants such as fine dust, soot, PAHs …

  • Cover from 12.06.2024

    The UBA database – “Pharmaceuticals in the environment”

    Logo of the UBA database - ‘Pharmaceuticals in the environment’

    … their concentrations in the environment and their potential effects on human health and ecosystems is still pending. The information on worldwide exposure … environmental concentrations (MEC - Measured Environmental Concentrations) of human and veterinary pharmaceutical residues were compiled in a database within the …

  • Press release 34/2023 from 25.09.2023 | Last changed: 26.09.2023

    CO2 storage must not hinder phase-out of fossil fuels

    schematische Darstellung der Verpressung von CO2 in den Boden

    … Germany, we have far too few storage facilities to store carbon dioxide safely for humans and the climate. Only in the case of truly unavoidable CO2 emissions should … safe and leak-proof in order to prevent the escape of CO 2 , which is harmful to humans and the environment in high concentrations. If CO 2 is injected into the sea …

  • Press release 47/2019 from 27.11.2019 | Last changed: 17.12.2019

    A focus on risks and side effects for mankind and the planet

    Foto der Ausstellung in Osnabrück

    … and the planet UBA and DBU open exhibition on interactions between environment and human health Exhibition "Planet Health" Source: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt … for loan. Press release No. 47/2019 | 27.11.2019 Climate change influencing human health DBU's Secretary General Alexander Bonde addressed the links between …

  • Press release 24/08 from 07.04.2008 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

    Summer, sun, climate change

    … The effects of climate change and extreme weather events have a negative impact on human health.  The extraordinarily long hot season in August 2003 in many parts of … The effects of climate change and extreme weather events have a negative impact on human health.  The extraordinarily long hot season in August 2003 in many parts of …