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  • Article from 30.01.2024 | Last changed: 02.02.2024

    Indoor Air Hygiene Commission

    A modern livingroom

    … Hygiene Commission provides expert advice to the President of the Agency on various questions of indoor air hygiene. The members of IRK are appointed for a period of … Protection (BMUV) take part in the meetings. Additional experts are invited for specific issues. The German Environment Agency (UBA) manages the secretariat of the …

  • Article from 27.10.2022 | Last changed: 27.10.2022

    WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management

    Schild des WHO CC Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control

    … assess periodically the latest research findings, to prepare and publish reports on specific topics, and to organise the exchange of information, training courses and … while the ‘Air Hygiene Report’ series has been established to report in depth on specific investigations. The WHO CC makes these publications and other up-to-date …

  • Article from 21.01.2021 | Last changed: 22.01.2021

    Precautionary principle

    … it is then incumbent on the causer to refute the substantiated indications of specific cause-and effect relationships and to shatter the assumptions which have … a legal provision in environmental law by means of various regulations, rendered it specific and implemented it as an instrument. It has at the same time created the …

  • Article from 07.11.2017 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    The Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)

    skyscrapers with glass fronts and urban canyons

    … The Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) Non-specific afflictions experienced by people who spend time in buildings are called … Syndrome that any influence exerted by the office building itself. However, many questions remain unanswered and must be addressed by experts in the fields of indoor …

  • Article from 19.03.2018 | Last changed: 20.03.2018

    German Environmental Survey 1997-1999, GerES III

    Pedestrians on a pavement

    … The findings of GerES are valuable for the evaluation of smaller studies addressing specific problems. The concentrations of lead, cadmium, and mercury in blood are … Elements in household drinking water Tap water samples (first draw samples from the specific tap drinking and cooking water is normally drawn of) were taken in the …

  • Article from 20.08.2019 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Project DEMOCOPHES

    Mutter und Kind beim Memory-Spielen, die Mutter deckt ein Kärtchen mit einer Schlange auf, der Junge schaut neugierig unter die Karte, bevor sie ganz aufgedeckt ist

    … the sister project, DEMOCOPHES, carried out human biomonitoring according to these specifications in a pilot study in 17 European countries. The study tracked the …

  • Article from 19.03.2018 | Last changed: 20.03.2018

    Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)

    Some labeled brown flasks

    … the probable cause of the VOC emission just by inspecting the residence and asking questions of those living in it. Once the sources of VOC contamination have been … the probable cause of the VOC emission just by inspecting the residence and asking questions of those living in it. Once the sources of VOC contamination have been …

  • Article from 02.08.2022 | Last changed: 02.08.2022

    Substances in building products

    A construction worker lags a slab.

    … relating to building products and confers responsibility for drawing up product-specific standards to European standardisation authorities.  As a result, … relating to building products and confers responsibility for drawing up product-specific standards to European standardisation authorities.  As a result, …

  • Article from 21.11.2016 | Last changed: 24.11.2016

    Epidemiology

    stylised groups of people, one is highlighted in colour

    … using cases (e.g. sick people) and controls (people free from the illness in question who are otherwise comparable to those affected in terms of age, gender, … so-called Hill Criteria) in 1965 (e. g. the strength of the statistical relation, specificity of the effects, the existence of multiple observations which concur with …

  • Article from 07.11.2017 | Last changed: 07.11.2017

    Nanomaterial

    white aerosol can sprays in front of black background

    … of selected products, the measurement of abrasion particles from textiles and the specific identification of synthetic nanoparticles in the air. The Federal Institute … and aquatic toxicity for the purpose of grouping Clarification of methodical questions regarding the investigation of nanomaterials in the environment 2016 …

  • Article from 24.01.2017 | Last changed: 13.11.2017

    Building Products

    different building products

    … Determining and avoiding pollutants and odours Answers to frequently asked questions to Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) Round Robin Test for the Implementation …

  • Article from 18.08.2016 | Last changed: 13.11.2017

    Reducing pollution through product design

    Makes shopping by bike or on foot fun, and saves resources too: the multifunctional H tour trailer.

    … Ecodesign Directive sets out the first ever minimum mandatory requirements for specific product groups. The aim of the Directive is to implement ecodesign … Ecodesign Directive sets out the first ever minimum mandatory requirements for specific product groups. The aim of the Directive is to implement ecodesign …