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  • Press release 21/2025 from 28.05.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Rat poison harms fish and accumulates in the environment

    Ratte am Wasser

    … cycle. Although the baits contain only small amounts of these highly toxic active substances, traces of them have been widely detected in various wild animals, such as robins, shrews, red kites, and foxes. Residues of these substances have also been detected in wild fish from rivers like the Danube, Rhine, … aquatic environments and feed mainly on fish. The detected concentrations of active substances show that accumulation is indeed occuring along the food chain. It is …

  • Newsletter from 22.04.2024 | Last changed: 24.04.2024

    UMID - No.: 01/2024

    … are in German, only english abstracts can be provided. Main topic: Hazardous substances released from corroding munitions in the seas – Danger for humans and …

  • Press release 27/2015 from 22.07.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Chemicals Regulation REACH: companies must make improvements

    Erklärung des Begriffs REACH: Europäische Chemikalienverordnung zur Registrierung, Bewertung, Zulassung und Beschränkung chemischer Stoffe

    … had to be registered within a short time in the first registration period. Some substances were intermediates and substances classified as substances with carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic properties (CMRs) whose …

  • News from 04.10.2017 | Last changed: 10.10.2017

    Managing glyphosate effects complies with European laws

    Ein Traktor sprüht Pflanzenschutzmittel auf ein Feld.

    … on non-target organisms complies with European and national laws.  Rationale Active substances in PPP can only be approved in the EU if the intended uses in the field … The German competent authorities involved in the peer review for the active substance glyphosate as Rapporteur Member State have communicated in their …

  • News from 08.09.2023 | Last changed: 20.12.2023

    The World Chemicals Conference – Why we need it

    The Welt im Reagenzglas  (The world in a test tube)

    … - either targeted or accidental - have generated an abundance of chemical substances. About 350,000 chemical substances and mixtures of chemicals are estimated to be available on the global … Often it is also not known in which products and technical processes which substances are used, and how these substances interact (separately and together) …

  • News from 21.02.2022 | Last changed: 22.03.2022

    Pesticide authorisations undermine environmental protection

    A field with a crop protection device that spreads fertilizer

    … of the weedkiller flufenacet, for example, produces trifluoroacetate (TFA) - a substance that does not further degrade and is rapidly distributed within the water … effects so far. The maize herbicide S-metolachlor degrades in soil to several substances, one of which even has a similar efficacy as the active ingredient … are sounding the alarm because the degradation products of the above-mentioned substances already exceed the threshold values in raw water and impair its …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    IG-R-3: Water procurement in the processing industry

    The picture shows a pipeline system in front of industrial plant used for feeding cold water into a production process. Apart from the pipeline it is possible see other technical assemblies.

    … water in a circulatory system, employing water-saving technologies or using other substances such as emulsions in lieu of water. An important starting point for the … water in a circulatory system, employing water-saving technologies or using other substances such as emulsions in lieu of water. An important starting point for the …

  • Press release 71/2009 from 07.10.2009 | Last changed: 18.07.2013

    Growing interest in cleaning products and detergents with the EU ecolabel

    … only to land in the sewer system after use. These products very often contain substances that, although they meet statutory requirements, can still impact health and the environment. Detergents and cleaning agents still have substances that are not fully biodegradable or contain sensitising ingredients. In …