… Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales A Guide to Environmental Administration in Germany The German Environment Agency has developed … introduction to the German environmental administration for an international readership. The guide is divided into five sections: After the introduction in … tasks between the federal level, the level of the (Bundes-)Länder (federal states) and the local-level are explained in Section 4. Finally, Section 5 provides examples …

… Chemikalien, Boden | Fläche, Wasser, Abfall | Ressourcen Reducing environmental exposure to biocides through drift during application Summary … reduce drift to non-target areas during outdoor applications of biocidal products and to derive drift values for the exposure assessment of biocidal applications. …

… Chemikalien, Gesundheit, Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales Improving environmental protection in EU pharmaceutical legislation Recommendations … from human pharmaceuticals In preparation of the revision of Directive 2001/83/ EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, the German Environment Agency (UBA) proposes legal …

… Wirtschaft | Konsum Environmental Due Diligence in EU Law Considerations for Designing EU (Secondary) … By contrast, relatively little attention has been paid to the specifics of a stand-alone environmental due diligence obligation. This paper examines how …

… Klima | Energie, Verkehr Analysis of the environmental impacts of vehicles with alternative drivetrains or … protection targets in the transport sector, the use of alternative drive systems and alternative fuels are potential options in addition to traffic avoidance and …

… Chemikalien Environmental risks from mixtures of antibiotic pharmaceuticals in soils – a … study raises concerns regarding the contamination of manure, anaerobic digestate and sewage sludge with antibiotic mixtures and discusses their ecotoxicological …

… Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales Environmental Protection in the Arctic – support of German activities in the Arctic … of beach litter in the Arctic is crucial for assessing the state of the environment and the success of measures against plastic debris to protect the marine …

… Chemikalien Do new generations of active pharmaceuticals for human use require an adaption of the environmental risk assessment?, Part I: Literature review Since 2006, various new … literature review the scientific basis for a tailored risk assessment was developed and discussed for 3 substance classes (oncology, neurology, cardiology). The …

… Klima | Energie, Wasser Environmental Impacts of Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems for Reduction of SOx on Ships … literature study, it includes technical aspects, a market analysis, legal framework and the status of research activities. The focus is on discharge water. Prior …

… Wasser Environmental Protection in Maritime Traffic – Scrubber Wash Water Survey Discharge … from Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS, scrubbers) were taken on board of ships and analyzed in terms of heavy metals and PAKs. The distribution of wash water and …

… Chemikalien, Wasser, Klima | Energie Analysis of Polyquaternium Compounds in Environmental Samples through Non-Target Screening Polyquaternium (PQ) compounds are … e.g. in body care products. They are assumed to be persistent in the environment and to be toxic to aquatic organisms. Information on their occurrence and …

… Wasser Environmental Impacts of Discharge Water from Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems on Ships … on seagoing vessels, are installed on about 25% of the world's merchant fleet and scrub sulphur from the exhaust gas. However, they discharge polluted discharge …