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  • Article from 04.07.2013 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Site remediation

    … elements of these pollutants. Their propagation potential in soil, water and air. Their potential for being uptaken by humans, animals and plants. Such detailed … elements of these pollutants. Their propagation potential in soil, water and air. Their potential for being uptaken by humans, animals and plants. Such detailed …

  • Article from 27.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    How COVID-19 Can Drive Transformational Change in Cities

    … city could look like. For example, people across the world are breathing better air than they have in decades due to a dramatic decline in vehicle traffic and … city could look like. For example, people across the world are breathing better air than they have in decades due to a dramatic decline in vehicle traffic and …

  • Article from 14.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    Coming through the pandemic the right way up

    … for an effective response. But there is another way. Keeping all the balls in the air. The pandemic has proved the importance of early action. However hard it may be … to be safe, until everyone is safe”. Revenue systems that are more effective and fairer will be a big part of the answer in providing the resources for global … for an effective response. But there is another way. Keeping all the balls in the air. The pandemic has proved the importance of early action. However hard it may be …

  • Article from 21.08.2023 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Heat pumps

    Luft-Wasser-Wärmepumpe

    … subsidies Heat pumps derive heat from the thermal energy that is stored in ambient air, underground or in groundwater. Heat pumps are eligible for funding through the … Moreover, in addition to the classic environmental media of earth, water and air, these also use other heat sources such as process heat, waste heat from building air conditioning or waste water. Depending on the task and dimensions, industrial …

  • Article from 06.03.2025 | Last changed: 06.03.2025

    Formaldehyde

    Gronspanplatten gestapelt

    … Wood-based materials are one of the main sources of formaldehyde in indoor air. Source: Pixelot / Fotolia.com Wood-based materials and consequently also …

  • Article from 22.08.2019 | Last changed: 24.09.2019

    Emissions from wood and coal burning stoves in residential areas

    different houses, covered with snow, with smoking chimneys

    … wood and coal burning stoves in residential areas Especially in the winter time the air can be contaminated with fine dust from chimneys and stoves Source: Grzegorz … such stoves in addition to a central heating system.     In order to counteract air pollution through improper use or technically outdated stoves and fireplaces the …

  • Article from 14.08.2017 | Last changed: 14.08.2017

    Environmental pollution and diseases of the elderly

    old woman

    … pollution and diseases of the elderly Older people's health can also be impaired by environmental influences Source: Ocskay mark / Fotolia.com Not only … public health. For example it is beyond dispute that high levels of ozone in the air can aggravate asthma symptoms or that there is connection between high air pollution and hospital admissions due to cardiovascular diseases. It was not …

  • Article from 25.05.2021 | Last changed: 25.05.2021

    Ozone

    … 3 and an alert threshold of 240 µg/m 3 applies for ozone concentration in ambient air. As target value for the protection of human health, a maximum daily 8-hour mean … of Information Systems Relevant to Climate Change and Health - Vol. 1 Tags air pollutant ground level ozone … Ozone is a colourless and toxic gas, and one of … 3 and an alert threshold of 240 µg/m 3 applies for ozone concentration in ambient air. As target value for the protection of human health, a maximum daily 8-hour mean …

  • Article from 21.05.2025 | Last changed: 21.05.2025

    UMID: Environment and Human Health – Information Service

    Nori-Algenflakes auf einem weißen Teller

    … survey FURTHER ARTICLES What to do about tiger mosquito & friends? The new Air Quality Directive: Increased requirements for better air in Europe How can risk communication build trust? – Selected findings from an …

  • Article from 10.08.2017 | Last changed: 15.03.2019

    telegram: environment+health

    title telegram environment + health

    … in brazil and Germany telegram 01/2017 telegram environment+health 04/2016 Indoor air pollution caused by ethanol fireplaces telegram 04/2016 telegram … Germany: Mercury body burdens on the decline – but vary by region telegram 02/2015 air telegram environment+health 04/2016 Indoor air pollution caused by ethanol fireplaces telegram 04/2016 telegramm …

  • Article from 19.03.2018 | Last changed: 20.03.2018

    German Environmental Survey 1985-1986, GerES I

    pedestrians in a city

    … mercury, creatinine; PCP (subsample, N=412), Cotinine (subsample, N=464) Scalp hair aluminium, arsenic, barium, boron, cadmium, calcium, copper, iron, lead, … sodium, strontium, zinc; lindane, pentachlorophenol (subsample, N=465) Indoor air: (passive sampler) formaldehyde (subsample, N=358) volatile organic compounds, …