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  • Article from 19.08.2019 | Last changed: 07.01.2020

    Air quality maps: Background information

    … Air quality maps: Background information How are the German Environment Agency's maps of Germany's current air pollution and ozone concentration forecasts drawn up? We explain here in brief. last update on 19.08.2019 Current Air pollution maps The air quality maps are based on measurement data of around 400 stations of the

  • Article from 30.08.2023 | Last changed: 30.08.2023

    Nickel in particulate matter

    Ein rauchender Schornstein vor bewölktem Himmel.

    … plants or industrial processes. Source: jzehnder / fotolia.com Nickel belongs to the heavy metals and usually occurs bound to other substances. In ambient air arsenic is measured bound to particulate matter. … Kartendienst zur Luftschadstoffbelastung Luftschadstoff-Emissionen in Deutschland Documents Informationsblatt Nickel (65.35 kB) Informationsblatt Nickel (englisch) …

  • Article from 30.08.2023 | Last changed: 30.08.2023

    Cadmium in particulate matter

    Schornsteine vor blauem Himmel

    … Source: jzehnder / fotolia.com Cadmium is toxic and cancerogenic. It belongs to the heavy metals and usually occurs bound to other substances. In ambient air arsenic is measured bound to particulate matter. … Luftschadstoff-Emissionen in Deutschland Critical Loads für Schwermetalle Documents Informationsblatt Cadmium (65.18 kB) Informationsblatt Cadmium (englisch) …

  • Article from 30.08.2023 | Last changed: 30.08.2023

    Lead in particulate matter

    Ein Auto steht in einer Tiefgarage.

    … B. Plank / Fotolia.com Lead is a toxic heavy metal and usually occurs bound to other substances. In ambient air lead is measured bound to particulate matter. last update on 30.08.2023 Emission sources Until the beginning of the 1990s road traffic used to be the main emission source. Lead … Luftschadstoff-Emissionen in Deutschland Critical Loads für Schwermetalle Documents Informationsblatt Blei (64.39 kB) Informationsblatt Blei (englisch) (63.20 …

  • Article from 11.03.2021 | Last changed: 11.03.2021

    Benzo(a)pyrene in particulate matter

    Kaminofen mit Feuer und Brennholzkorb

    … Benzo(a)pyrene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. It is used as a marker for the carcinogenic risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air. last … matter polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons can be inhaled or obtained from food. Then they are deposited in the fatty tissue. Many of the polycyclic aromatic … Kartendienst zur Luftschadstoffbelastung Luftschadstoff-Emissionen in Deutschland Documents Informationsblatt Benzo(a)pyren (66.14 kB) Information on Benzo(a)pyren …

  • Article from 30.08.2023 | Last changed: 30.08.2023

    Arsenic in particulate matter

    A smoking chimney

    … Arsenic in particulate matter Amongst others arsenic emissions occur when stone coal, brown coal or mineral oil are combusted. Source: Ralf Geithe / Fotolia.com Arsenic is toxic and can have metallic or non-metallic … Kartendienst zur Luftschadstoffbelastung Luftschadstoff-Emissionen in Deutschland Documents Informationsblatt Arsen (65.30 kB) Informationsblatt Arsen (englisch) …