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  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 30.09.2024

    Cluster Trade and industry

    The picture shows a sectional view of a wooded landscape. There is an industrial estate visible in the distance, consisting of several buildings and facilities. There is smoke rising from some chimneys. The sky is densely cloud-covered. Above the horizon, the sky is tinged with yellow, with dark, greyish-blue clouds billowing at the margin of the picture. In a few lighter places, rays of the sun are penetrating the band of clouds.

    … - Kjellstrom T., Briggs D., Freyberg C., Lemke B., Otto M., Hyatt O. 2016: Heat, Human Performance, and Occupational Health: A Key Issue for the Assessment of Global … 37: 97-112. doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032315-021740 . 173 - Parsons K. 2014: Human Thermal Environments: The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on …

  • News from 08.09.2023 | Last changed: 20.12.2023

    The World Chemicals Conference – Why we need it

    The Welt im Reagenzglas  (The world in a test tube)

    … are used, and how these substances interact (separately and together) with humans and the environment. Recent scientific findings suggest that the mass of …

  • News from 21.09.2023 | Last changed: 21.09.2023

    OECD handbook reinforces environmental protection in raw material

    Drohnenansicht eines kontaminierten, giftigen Wasserlaufs in Geamana, Rumänien

    … Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, but it is a high-risk sector marked by human rights infringements  and  severe environmental pollution. Many companies, … Battery Regulation: Companies are now legally obligated to identify and counteract human rights abuses and environmental problems within their supply chains. Companies …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-7: Health hazards from vibrios – case study

    The picture shows an outstretched foot on a sandy beach. There are two abrasions visible above the ankle.

    … conditions, some of more than a hundred vibrio species can cause infections in humans. As far as the Baltic Sea is concerned, these species include Vibrio …

  • News from 09.07.2018 | Last changed: 20.08.2018

    Environmental- and health impact of 3D printing

    3D printer producing a little plastic tree

    … are necessary, such as, for example, 3D printing involves various pressures on human health that should be regulated. Associated content Publications Focus on the …

  • News from 11.10.2017 | Last changed: 13.11.2017

    First OECD Test Guideline on the investigation of nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    … Nano structures are more than 1000 times smaller than the diameter of an human hair Source: eugenesergeev / Fotolia.com The OECD Test Guideline No. 318 … chemicals and to investigate their potentially harmful behavior and effect on human and the environment. These Test Guidelines were primary developed for soluble …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 15.07.2022 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Forestry

    Stack of wood logs

    … forests and woodlands can no longer perform important functions or services for humans (e.g. water and soil conservation, timber production, recreation, carbon …

  • Press release 6/2014 from 16.02.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Particulates and nitrogen dioxide still a health burden in 2013

    386 measuring stations; particulate matter (PM 10) daily mean value: exceedance of EU limit value 3%, WHO guideline 98% and 2% no exceedances; particulate matter (PM 10) daily mean value: exceedance of WHO guideline 51%, 49% no exceedances

    … dioxide and particulates in particular still had an impact on air quality and on human health in Germany in 2013, say preliminary measurements from the Länder and … dioxide and particulates in particular still had an impact on air quality and on human health in Germany in 2013, say preliminary measurements from the Länder and …

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 15.07.2022 | Last changed: 17.12.2025

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Soils

    freshly ploughed field

    … basis for the production of healthy food, provide settlement and living space for humans and animals, and are crucial for the water balance and protection of … are open to the wind, dry and very flat are particularly at risk. Through land use humans influence wind erosion hazards. Soil cultivation and the degree of soil cover …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 20.09.2024

    Cluster Biological diversity

    In the foreground the picture shows a banded demoiselle which has landed on the blossom of a yellow waterbuttercup. The background of this picture is blurred.

    … field Biological diversity is one of the fundamental requirements for the life of human beings. Animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms contribute to providing … in terms of their populations. Apart from increasing demands on land use by humans, climate change represents a major stress factor owing to changes in …

  • Appointment from 16.04.2021

    Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides

    … protection products, biocides can directly be used in nature or indoors to protect humans or materials from harmful organisms. This makes their sustainable use …