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  • Press release 21/2018 from 08.08.2018 | Last changed: 01.11.2018

    Boat hull paints – a problem for our waters

    A sea harbor with many small sail and motor boats.

    … the use of alternative coatings with no biocides. Regional differentiation and the documentation of applications, advisory services for users and official monitoring … to reduce water pollution here. A few examples from Scandinavia show how it can be done: Sweden allows only products with reduced copper content for most craft on the … under the EU Biocidal Products Regulation. Germany should therefore – as Sweden does – develop its own regulations which involve all the authorities at the federal …

  • News from 29.04.2024 | Last changed: 14.08.2024

    ZnO nanoforms - REACH substance evaluation: environmental aspects

    ein weißes Pulver in einer schwarzen Dose

    … aspects Zinc oxide is used in a wide variety of products. Source: tankist276 / Adobe Stock Together with the Federal Office for Chemicals and the Federal Institute … this obligation is not part of the substance evaluation, but may be subject to random checks by ECHA as part of a dossier evaluation. Zinc oxide is a basic chemical that is used for the …

  • Press release 23/2017 from 09.06.2017 | Last changed: 23.06.2017

    Too much fertiliser: drinking water could become more expensive

    clear water is poured in a glass

    … the measures included in the amended Fertiliser Ordinance are claimed by the Land ministry of economic affairs to be up to €111.7 million per year; in other … finally adopted in spring 2017. Associated content Publications Quantifizierung der landwirtschaftlich verursachten Kosten zur Sicherung der Trinkwasserbereitstellung …

  • Press release 25/2023 from 07.07.2023 | Last changed: 11.07.2023

    UBA presents study on water management consequences of brown coal phase-out in Lausitz region

    A canal in the Spreewald forest

    … adapted way." Press release No. 25/2023 | 07.07.2023 The legislated phase-out of opencast brown coal mining in the Lausitz region will have major consequences for … of Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin have already initiated several projects that will build on the findings of the UBA study. In order to decide on the feasibility of …