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  • Article from 11.08.2022 | Last changed: 13.10.2025

    Fachbibliothek Umwelt (Environmental Library)

    View into the environmental library in Dessau

    … Contact, service, stock and use (flyer only in German) Exhibitions in the library (list only in German) Documents Search in OPAC (232.14 kB) Search in EDS (215.54 kB) … Loan or directly from the Environmental Library respectively viewed there: Lists with new acquisitions (only in German) selected bibliographies Selected …

  • Article from 10.03.2014 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Contaminated sites

    Graphic realization of a multifarious land use

    … or disposal of waste and/or the improper handling of environmentally hazardous substances. last update on 10.03.2014 Introduction Since 1999, Germany has had a … successively verified with regard to the presence and concentration of hazardous substances, their behavior on relevant transfer pathways and their effects on … or disposal of waste and/or the improper handling of environmentally hazardous substances. … Since 1999, Germany has had a Soil Protection Act that provides …

  • Article from 26.11.2018 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Leaching tests for emissions from building products

    … choice of products requires reliable and comparable data on the leaching of substances. UBA has published reference data based on new European leaching tests, … see products with CE marking including information like “Leaching of hazardous substances: Class I“. Years of European standardization work are the basis for that …

  • Article from 24.04.2014 | Last changed: 24.04.2014

    Emissions behaviour of wood and wood-based materials

    hand holding a flake board

    … of wood and wood-based materials Wood products can produce emissions of harmful substances Source: sebka / Fotolia.com Wood and wood-based materials are … Wood-based materials as well as solid wood produce emissions of various different substances, including volatile organic compounds ( VOC ). A research project by BAM, … As concerns the health aspects of building products, the AgBB scheme classifies substances which have the lowest concentrations of interest (LCI) as problematic. In …

  • Article from 24.09.2015 | Last changed: 24.09.2015

    Plant protection products

    Bauer brings out pesticides in his field

    … / Fotolia.com Chemicals enter the environment every day, but there is hardly a substance group that is used with more purpose and in such large amounts than plant … pesticides include biocides. Plant protection products contain one or more active substances and other co-formulants (substances which are supposed to have a positive effect on the production, storage …

  • Article from 06.11.2015 | Last changed: 06.11.2015

    Chemical research at UBA

    A woman in the apron of the chemistry works in the laboratory. You are filled with liquid glass vessels

    … chemicals on the environment. Its research answers questions such as: How do these substances impact individual organisms in ecosystems? How are they distributed in … Research is also done to support the environmental assessment of individual substances. Chemical research provides support to environmental policy and thus … 17025. Ecotoxicology testing laboratory The UBA's ecotoxicology laboratory tests substances and mixtures for their toxic effect on aquatic organisms. It draws up, …

  • Article from 18.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Killing two birds with one stone? Green dead ends and ways out of

    … interest, brings lobbyists of every shade to the scene – preferably with old wish lists on hand. On the one hand, climate change mitigation is put under pressure as … interest, brings lobbyists of every shade to the scene – preferably with old wish lists on hand. On the one hand, climate change mitigation is put under pressure as …

  • Article from 16.05.2024 | Last changed: 22.05.2024

    SuMaHO-principles for Management of Harmful Organisms

    … : If resistance to the biocidal product has already been reported, the active substance is known to act at a single biochemical target site and/or repeated use of … : If resistance to the biocidal product has already been reported, the active substance is known to act at a single biochemical target site and/or repeated use of …

  • Article from 29.07.2025 | Last changed: 29.07.2025

    Geoengineering

    … Injection (SAI) Probably the most widely discussed method is the introduction of substances into the stratosphere using specially designed aircraft*. Based on a … Injection (SAI) Probably the most widely discussed method is the introduction of substances into the stratosphere using specially designed aircraft*. Based on a …

  • Article from 22.01.2024 | Last changed: 11.03.2024

    International Chemicals Management

    International chemicals management aims to achieve the sustainable use of chemicals worldwide

    … as the Basel (on hazardous waste), Rotterdam (on information on exported hazardous substances), Stockholm (on persistent organic pollutants POPs), and Minamata (on … waste Further development of screening tests for the evaluation of potential PBT substances Food web on ice - Investigation of the bioaccumulation of chemicals in an … as the Basel (on hazardous waste), Rotterdam (on information on exported hazardous substances), Stockholm (on persistent organic pollutants POPs), and Minamata (on …

  • Article from 12.03.2018 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Substances hazardous to waters

    Substances hazardous to waters Substances and mixtures can pose a hazard to water … on the European Comission website and may also be downloaded from our documents list (AwSV (English draft 2015)). For the time being the responsible ministry …

  • Article from 03.09.2014 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Precautionary soil protection

    … Umweltbundesamt Precautions against chemical pollution Soil pollution by chemical substances often stems from an accumulation of persistent, i.e., non- or not readily … lead, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, mercury and zinc and for the organic substances PCB6, benzo(a)pyrene and PAH16. Precautionary values are established on …