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  • Newsletter from 14.04.2020 | Last changed: 14.04.2020

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 2/2020

    … process, the purification of drinking water ensures as many pathogens and harmful substances are removed from the water as possible. read more (in German) UBA … Data availability in REACH registrations – Part 3: Evaluation of 100 to 1000 tpa substances In the project the availability and quality of the information on …

  • Newsletter from 14.12.2023 | Last changed: 14.12.2023

    UMID - No.: 02/2023

    … Main topic: Drinking water - a safe common good as well with regard to radioactive substances Further articles: Treatment of swimming and bathing pool water - The new …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Effects chain – Example presentation from the ‘trade and industry’ action

    … water in a circulatory system, employing water-saving technologies or using other substances such as emulsions in lieu of water. Overall, water procurement in the … water in a circulatory system, employing water-saving technologies or using other substances such as emulsions in lieu of water. Overall, water procurement in the …

  • Newsletter from 18.10.2024 | Last changed: 18.10.2024

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 5/2024

    … Further development of test methods for hormonally active pharmaceuticals and other substances Sensor cell lines have been developed to monitor rapid non-genomic signalling cascades influenced by endocrine-active substances. These in-vitro bioassays were created by genetically modifying G-protein …

  • Appointment from 01.07.2020

    HAZBREF recommendations for chemical management in BREFs

    … concerning the following topics: Approaches to identify relevant hazardous substances for BREF reviews Proposal for a more systematic method to address hazardous substances in the BREF-process,  Recommendations for the management of chemicals in …

  • News from 18.08.2025 | Last changed: 18.08.2025

    Improving the disposal of medicines

    Pharmaceuticals and the environment

    … disposal. Sewage treatment plants are often unable to completely remove these substances, meaning that they end up in the water cycle . Due to their high biological activity, pharmaceutical substances have a targeted effect on organisms and can influence not only the human … disposal method, citizens have to inform themselves how to safely dispose of those substances on the Internet, which has an abundance of information of how to do so …

  • 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

    Blutprobe im Reagenzglas

    … in deriving European "Human Biomonitoring Guidance Values" (HBM-GV) for several substances and involving all the partners in Europe. Guidance values are now … from 94 HBM studies and 37 harmonised datasets are available for seven priority substances (relevant for policy-making). These substances include aniline, bisphenols, cadmium and chromium VI, flame retardants, …

  • DzU article from 01.11.2024 | Last changed: 01.11.2024

    Indicator: Nitrogen eutrophication

    A graph shows the proportion of vulnerable ecosystems in Germany where the critical loads for eutrophication were exceeded between 2000 and 2019 and the target for 2030. In 2000, the share was 84 % and in 2019, it was 69 %.

    … damaging the ecosystem in the long term? The critical loads are compared with substance depositions in the ecosystems which are calculated in the framework of … damaging the ecosystem in the long term? The critical loads are compared with substance depositions in the ecosystems which are calculated in the framework of …

  • Newsletter from 09.02.2022 | Last changed: 09.02.2022

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 1/2022

    … roofing tiles, exterior rendering and plastered facades can release harmful substances into the environment during the building phase, says a new study by the … in 2018/2019, farmers demonstrated greater demand for specific problematic active substances, including insecticides that are dangerous to bees and herbicides … in the surface treatment of metals and plastics and analysis of alternative substances to PFOS when used in equipment for chromium plating and plastic etching …

  • DzU article from 08.10.2025 | Last changed: 08.10.2025

    Indicator: Recycling municipal waste

    A graph shows the proportions of processed and recycled municipal waste in the total quantity of municipal waste from 2002 to 2023. During this period the proportion of recycled municipal waste rose from 56.1 to 67.2 percent.

    … are therefore representative of the challenges faced by waste management overall. Substances worth recovering are increasingly collected separately and usually … are therefore representative of the challenges faced by waste management overall. Substances worth recovering are increasingly collected separately and usually …