… Protocol on Water and Health The protocol is a legally-binding instrument on water and health in the UNECE region. Source: paylessimages / Fotolia.com The main …

… Soil teems with life “Plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms purify the water and air, and ensure fertile soils. Hence the uncompromised ability of soil and water to carry out self-purification functions is crucial for drinking water …

… crop yields, while at same time degrading soil organism habitats and impeding rainwater percolation into the soil. If the soil is too moist or even wet, it loses its … is compacted? Soil particles have pores between them that are filled with air and water. When a farmer harvests his crops using a heavy machine, pressure is exerted …

… and households. Deposits of such soil pollutants can seep into the groundwater or are uptaken by plants, they can pose an environmental and health risk. last … makes them a pollution sink that prevents pollutants from seeping into the groundwater or being uptaken by plants. In the filtering process, pollutants are filtered …

… soil fertility even after completed renaturation, impacts on the usability of water bodies due to acidification or of tracts of land caused by the lack of … gas, the federal legislature has responded and will selectively adapt the Federal Water Act (Wasserhaushaltsgesetz) , the BBergG and other sub-legal regulations. The …

… e.g. energy and resource efficiency, remediation of contaminated sites, and water treatment. Nanomaterials can exhibit changed or totally new properties and … UBA has published fact sheets on several applications, like remediation of groundwater damages, textiles, OLEDs and coatings. Further fact sheets will be published.” …