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Chemicals, Economy | Consumption

Standard measurement method for the determination of polybrominated flame retardants (pentabromo diphenylether, octabromo diphenylether) in products

Flame retardants (FR) are being used in various products, e.g. electrical components, synthetics, textiles and furniture foams, in order to reduce their flammability. Polybrominated diphenylethers belong to the most important halogenated FRs: they are – due to the production process – bromohomologous mixes of different isomers and congeneres (ΣBr = 1 to 10). Technical products based on penta (PENT...read more

Chemicals, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Interface Problems between EC Chemicals Law and sector-specific Environmental Legislation (IPPC/WFD)

Toxic ignorance has become a major issue in the current debate on chemicals policy both in the EU and the US.1 The term refers to a lack of knowledge of the health and environmental properties, as well as the mechanisms of action, of Existing Chemicals. There can be little doubt  that this term also goes to the heart of the problem facing us today. However, the availability of such data – at any r...read more

Climate | Energy

Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions of European Countries with regard to the Impact of Policies & Measures

The most recent progress report under the Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism (GHGMM) shows that the EU Member States are at present considerably far off their target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 8 % compared to 1990 levels in the period between 2008 and 2012. According to this report, greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by 2.9 % between 1990 and 2002. However, this reduction was...read more

Climate | Energy, Chemicals, Air

Emissions and Emission Projections of HFC, PFC and SF6 in Germany - Present State and Development of a Monitoring System

Emissions 1990, 1999-2003 and Emission Forecasts for 2010 and 2020

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its follow-up regulations include special commitments on transmission of emission data as well as the data basis (activity data) and applied methodologies. In connection with the international agreements on climate protection, information on emissions have also to be reported to the European Commission. National emissions reporting on t...read more

Waste | Resources, Soil | Land

CORINE Land Cover 2000 - Germany

Final Report

This report summarizes the results of the project ‘CORINE Land Cover 2000 – Germany’, which was performed within the framework of the European-wide project CLC2000 and which generated up-to-date maps of land use and land cover and their changes within the last 10 years for Germany. It describes the project structure and organization, the underlying methodology and nomenclature, the processing step...read more

Chemicals, Health, Water

Current approaches to cyanotoxin risk assessment, risk management and regulations in different countries (2005)

At the VIth Internatitonal Conference on Toxic Cyanobacteria, held from 21 – 27th of June 2004 in Bergen, Norway, 190 participants from 36 countries presented results covering a wide range of aspects of research on toxic cyanobacteria. The conference included a special session in which scientists and regulators reported on the current status of awareness of the toxic cyanobacterial hazards in thei...read more