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  • Article from 21.10.2022 | Last changed: 25.10.2022

    Human biomonitoring

    many phrases in the field of biomonitoring

    … intheskies / Fotolia.com Human biomonitoring (HBM) is a tool of health-related environmental monitoring with which populations are examined for their exposure to … last update on 21.10.2022 Human biomonitoring (HBM) is a tool of health-related environmental monitoring. In human biomonitoring, human body fluids and tissues are … thus feed directly into the findings. By way of contrast, environmental monitoring data are frequently unable to deliver exact results on the exposure of a single …

  • Article from 20.08.2019 | Last changed: 20.08.2019

    Environmental medicine

    A blood sample is taken from someones arm.

    Environmental medicine Environmental impacts affect our health. Source: Thomas Brugger / Fotolia.com The …

  • Article from 19.03.2018 | Last changed: 20.03.2018

    Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)

    Some labeled brown flasks

    … of individual VOCs are very low and represent no risk to health. In the German Environmental Study, the Federal Environment Agency has drawn up a representative … choose products and materials which are particularly low in emissions. They can use environmental labels such as the Blue Angel to help them. If they are intending to …

  • Article from 06.11.2014 | Last changed: 17.12.2014

    Data for health-related exposure assessment

    pie-chart and map graphic with styluses on top

    Data for health-related exposure assessment Exposure assessment calculates the … and age. A major update and expansion of these data was achieved in 2006 by the research project Evaluation of standards and models for probabilistic exposure … and assessed available data on various factors influencing human exposure to environmental and other stressors, with the aim of consistently compiling data

  • Article from 11.05.2017 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Endocrine disruptors

    A baby sits among cuddly toys with a ball in its hand.

    … to the exposure of endocrine substances to the environment Toxicological basic data for the derivation of EU-LCI values for 5 substances from building products …

  • Article from 02.08.2022 | Last changed: 02.08.2022

    Substances in building products

    A construction worker lags a slab.

    … authorities.  As a result, standardisation committees will define the criteria of environmental and health protection with the participation of other public authorities.  The Federal Environment Agency introduced environmental and health protection as a focus topic in the European process of …

  • Article from 08.02.2011 | Last changed: 02.08.2022

    Ventilation to combat "stale" air

    … the prevention, detection and remediation of mould in buildings Toxicological basic data for the derivation of EU-LCI values for 5 substances from building products …

  • Article from 19.03.2018 | Last changed: 20.03.2018

    Health-related exposure assessment

    diagram presenting oral, dermal and inhalativ exposure to man

    … Health-related exposure assessment Exposure - pathes of environmental impact Source: Umweltbundesamt People are exposed to a wide range of … variation of the exposure within the population of interest. The “Xprob” project Researchers from the Universities of Bielefeld and Bremen, the University Clinic … distribution-based exposure estimation. Moreover, current and representative German data on exposure factors was gathered and evaluated in a uniform way. Related …

  • Article from 07.11.2017 | Last changed: 07.11.2017

    Indoor air hygiene

    livingroom with armchairs, dining table, carpet, lamps, pictures and potted plants

    … healthy indoor air quality as a quality target. The 6 th EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (2002-2006)  identifies indoor air pollution as an important area of research. At the WHO/Europe 4th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health …

  • Article from 27.03.2015 | Last changed: 27.07.2022

    Research project “Environmental justice in urban areas”

    Urban neighbourhoods need areas for sports, play, leisure and recreation

    Research project “Environmental justice in urban areas” Urban neighbourhoods need … environmental justice in urban areas”, Berlin, 19/20 November 2012). In addition, based inter alia on the results of a Berlin pilot project on environmental justice … Urban Development, Difu developed an integrated monitoring approach which comprises data describing the state of the environment, social conditions and the health …

  • Article from 07.11.2017 | Last changed: 07.11.2017

    Nanomaterial

    white aerosol can sprays in front of black background

    … industry, engineering, the chemical and food industries, and the biotech and environmental technology fields. Till to date it is not compulsory for manufactures … is a serious lack of knowledge on the topic and therefore a broad-ranging need for research and regulation. Due to their small size, nanoparticles can spread in the … of dissolution and dispersion stability of nanomaterials, and the use of the data for further environmental testing and assessment strategies 2019 Analysis of …

  • Article from 11.01.2019 | Last changed: 11.01.2019

    Climate change and health

    That's good against heat: a cooling water bag

    … for dealing with the heat (e.g. to the general public. A neighbourhood-based support network for the elderly, sick or infirm who live alone or without care … Bodenerosion durch Wind Indikator: Globale Lufttemperatur Related publications Environmental Awareness in Germany 2024 2023 Monitoring Report on the German …