… Improving the disposal of medicines Pharmaceuticals and the environment Source: UBA Pollution of the environment by pharmaceuticals is a … this issue the German Environment Agency has set up the portal ‘Pharmaceuticals and the environment.’ It provides information and recommendations for pharmaceutical and medical professionals as well as for …

… Environment Programme Registration Engendering Environment. Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Impact Assessment in Environmental and Health Protection Conference of the Gender Equality Officer of the German … Date/Place: October 16th, 2017, Federal Press Agency, Berlin Gender mainstreaming and its instruments, including gender impact assessment, can look back upon over 20 …

… Presentations Discussion Paper 150 participants from authorities, science, industry and environmental organisations discussed the risks of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in soils at the Federal Press Office in … consumption warnings for eggs from private holdings, for cultivated fruit and vegetables and restrictions on water use. Attention is also drawn to potentially high …

… it imports Germany still exports more electricity than it imports. Source: Gina Sanders / Fotolia.com The specific CO2 emission factor of Germany's electricity mix … which contributed to this were increased electricity generated from renewables and less from coal firing as well as prices in emissions trading. Germany's exports … 2018 emissions. 2019 emissions have been estimated. Associated content Links chart (in German) Publications Übersicht zur Entwicklung der energiebedingten …

… is still Munich: 78 µg/m³ on a yearly average, followed by Stuttgart (73 µg/m³) and Cologne (62 µg/m³). Associated content Die 15 Städte mit den höchsten … Next Previous Links Cities exceeding the limit value (German) Measuring stations and measured values 2017 / 2017 Chart of 15 most affected cities (German) All press releases Tags air air quality …

… BS-I-1: Person hours due to weather-related damage events Extreme flooding and hurricanes entail peaks of strain incurred by emergency relief responders. … individual events. The impacts made in 2021 by the ‘Bernd‘ low-pressure system and the associated flood disaster which struck western Germany in particular, … As a result of climate change, such events have been occurring more frequently and with greater intensity. Extreme weather events sometimes entail massive call-out …

… vectors – case study Warmer climatic conditions can favour the establishment and spread of the Asian Tiger Mosquito Aeoles albopictus in Germany. This increases the risk that the bite from a mosquito can lead to the transmission and subsequent spreading of dangerous viral diseases by pathogens introduced to Germany by infected persons arriving from abroad. The finds of eggs and mosquitoes in traps in the area of the Upper Rhine area have increased …

… WW-I-5: Peak discharge values in watercourses Flood events can increase to extreme and devastating proportions. Source: murat / stock.adobe.com 2023 Monitoring Report … 28.11.2023 WW-I-5: Peak discharge values in watercourses Depending on the location and use of the areas threatened by flooding, extreme floodwater discharge events can lead to serious material damage and personal injury. The most extreme flood events so far occurred in the summer …

… not have to be treated. This is extraneous water that infiltrates decrepit sewers and blends with “genuine” wastewater. In a project, a group of experts explored how this affects water quality and how sewer rehabilitation can remedy the problem. 01.04.2015 The sewerage system … by which untreated wastewater reaches water bodies. The drainage effect attributable to leaking sewers can cause a local drop in the groundwater level, with risks …

… Rotor blade recycling from A to Z Survey study presents available and environmentally friendly techniques Wind turbines in a field. Source: pedrosala / Fotolia.com Wind turbine rotor blades are made of fibre composites and have been disposed of in very different ways up to now. The German Environment … attention to grinding technologies and fractionation methods. A multi-step flow chart was developed to illustrate the separation of components which can be applied …