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  • Article from 14.04.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2023

    From Stakeholder Dialogue to German Centre for Micropollutants

    … (BMU) launched a stakeholder dialogue to develop the federal government’s Trace Substance Strategy. The goal was to reduce the input of micropollutants into water … Such a list of measures forms the basis of the federal government’s Trace Substance Strategy. In a first phase lasting until June 2017, the stakeholders drew …

  • Article from 13.04.2023 | Last changed: 28.08.2023

    1H-Benzotriazole Round Table

    … is a relevant micropollutant. This means that, even in low concentrations, the substance has adverse effects on aquatic ecosystems and drinking water quality. That … in the category "water pollution": The use of triazoles and thus also of the trace substance 1 H-benzotriazole, which is classified as relevant, leads to a maximum … "water pollution". Therefore, dishwasher tabs containing the relevant trace substance 1H-benzotriazole as a silver protection agent achieve at best an overall …

  • Article from 13.04.2023 | Last changed: 09.08.2023

    “Round Table” Concept

    … “Round table” brings together a wide range of groups interested in relevant trace substances. In the process, they seek to agree on voluntary measures to reduce the amounts of trace substances entering into water bodies. last update on 13.04.2023 Background From …

  • Article from 17.04.2015 | Last changed: 17.04.2015

    Wastes containing POPs and PCB

    transformer station

    … emissions. The Convention calls for either systematic elimination of a particular substance (included in Annex A) or restrictions on its production and use (included … guidelines by the Federal States (Länder). In recent years, a number of additional substances have been classified as POPs under the Stockholm Convention, including … as well as Hexabromocyclododecane). The disposal of wastes containing these substances still need some clarification. Legal framework Directive 96/59/EC …

  • Article from 18.03.2014 | Last changed: 05.04.2016

    Hazardous waste

    Workers remove asbestos roof sheets

    … that ensure safe and environmentally sound disposal by elimination of the hazardous substances contained in the waste. last update on 18.03.2014 Definition, quantities …

  • Article from 01.03.2024 | Last changed: 20.08.2025

    Seas under pressure – Ocean acidification due to CO₂

    The photo shows a view of the surface of the North Sea.

    … acidification thus has a direct impact on the formation of gaseous and aerosol-like substances. The formation of marine aerosols and their feedback on atmospheric … acidification thus has a direct impact on the formation of gaseous and aerosol-like substances. The formation of marine aerosols and their feedback on atmospheric …

  • Article from 03.03.2025 | Last changed: 03.03.2025

    Developing a concept for a Polar Environmental Monitoring Program

    A colony of emperor penguins in the Antarctic

    … and reports of the working groups can be downloaded here . Accumulation of Chemical Substances in the Antarctic Antarctica is one of Earth's last pristine environments … Future Challenges Together” (1.07 MB) Legacy and emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in polar regions (2.95 MB) Berlin Statement on legacy and emerging …

  • Article from 19.03.2018 | Last changed: 20.03.2018

    Chemical substances

    coloured liquids in flasks

    Chemical substances Chemicals influence our life. Source: CC Vision last update on …

  • Article from 22.12.2020 | Last changed: 20.06.2024

    What is the One Health approach, and how to implement it?

    … can be attributed to a considerable extent to the excessive use of these active substances in human and veterinary medicine. New zoonotic agents often originate in … can be attributed to a considerable extent to the excessive use of these active substances in human and veterinary medicine. New zoonotic agents often originate in …

  • Article from 26.02.2025 | Last changed: 27.02.2025

    Mobile air conditioning in rail vehicles

    modern high speed train in the city in winter

    … gradually reduce the production and use of HFCs and replace them with less harmful substances in a phase out approach regulated by the EU F-gas Regulation Nr. 2024/573 … gradually reduce the production and use of HFCs and replace them with less harmful substances in a phase out approach regulated by the EU F-gas Regulation Nr. 2024/573 …

  • Article from 06.10.2015 | Last changed: 06.10.2015

    International cooperation

    … Media - Dissolution and Dissolution Rate Effect studies of new hormone active substances on aquatic snails Potamopyrgus antipodarum Development of a specific OECD …