… No checks are performed during the approval stage to ascertain how the individual substances work when combined. The substances are only evaluated separately. As a consequence, undesirable impacts on … The restriction process is a central instrument of REACH to regulate risks of substances by means of a restriction or prohibition for certain concentration ranges …

… gaps in the supply chain on environmental exposure - case study of a PBT substance The REACH Regulation (EC 1907/2006) ensures chemical safety by requiring …

… back soon, the nitrate content of groundwater could rise sharply. The reservoir of substances underground which ensured the degradation of nitrate is slowly becoming … Agency (UBA) and the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) have conducted a substance evaluation which resulted in requests for more data and information from …

… other questions. read more (in German) Chemicals Trifluoracetate (TFA): persistent substance found everywhere An interactive map of TFA – a very mobile and persistent substance – produced for the first time by the German Environment Agency shows the … for an EU-wide restriction of PFAS (perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) in fire-fighting foams. read more (in German) Transport Climate …

… the discovery of mono-n-hexyl phthalate in urine samples from children. The substance was also detected in adult urine samples as part of the sixth German … in trees from 1985 to 2022 Trifluoroacetic acid is a persistent and highly mobile substance whose levels in deciduous and coniferous trees have risen sharply over the …

… For most biocides the environmental burdens resulting from the emission of these substances into the environment are not adequately known. A national monitoring …