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News from 13.01.2026 | Last changed: 12.01.2026

UBA website redesigned to be more modern and user-friendly

… gain an overview of the most important content on the site – including the latest news, social media posts, events, videos and publications, as well as key … readers pronounce them accurately. The UBA has had the new website independently tested for accessibility, and any identified issues are being addressed step by …

Newsletter from 15.02.2018 | Last changed: 15.02.2018

Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 1/2018

… 1990 - coal phase-out more necessary than ever Fish Embryo Acute Toxicity (FET) test: workshop report available UBA and the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) … May 2017. The aim was to exchange views on the potential applicability of the FET test for regulatory purposes under REACH, Biocidal Products- and Classifcation and …

Press release 22/2022 from 27.04.2022 | Last changed: 15.06.2022

Parts of the European population have alarmingly high levels of pollutant exposure

… regulated. Reprotoxic plasticisers were found in all children and adolescents tested. An overall decrease in the average exposure to regulated plasticisers was …

Press release 37/2019 from 11.10.2019 | Last changed: 29.10.2019

Exposure to chemicals in the human body can now be compared for all of Europe

… examines human body fluids or tissue for their exposure to pollutants. These tests of representative groups among the population or in certain occupational …

Press release 41/10 from 05.08.2010 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

Producers of energy-saving lamps must use Blue Angel eco-label

… ecology and health protection, and its standard surpasses statutory requirements. Test results from Stiftung Warentest were also included in the development of criteria. “The Blue Angel stands for …

Press release 32/2011 from 22.06.2011 | Last changed: 09.07.2013

Large-scale engineering in global environmental processes: an alternative in climate protection?

… geo-engineering measures have only been conducted in laboratories up to now and tested on a small scale. In-depth scientific research on which to base a valid … to achieve that goal is a matter of dispute among the various countries. In its latest background paper, the Federal Environment Agency addresses geo-engineering in …

Press release 05/2014 from 29.01.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

Putting power gluttons on a diet

… These standby losses are particularly unnecessary as it is usually easy to test whether a piece of equipment is consuming power even though it is not in …

Newsletter from 04.06.2024 | Last changed: 04.06.2024

Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 3/2024

… issue: leaking substances from rusting world war munitions. Other topics: new test method for formaldehyde emissions from wood-based materials, pesticides in the … project generated ecotoxicological data needed for the development of a tailored testing strategy to assess the environmental risk of pharmaceuticals (progestins and …

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