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  • Article from 12.12.2025 | Last changed: 12.12.2025

    Overview

    … project 200 43 256, "development of a model-based assessment system for regulatory environmental protection", Janicke Consulting on behalf of the German Environment Agency, UBA). The program package AUSTAL2000 is a tool for …

  • Article from 06.07.2020 | Last changed: 04.10.2023

    Risk management in river basins

    … explosion at a trichlorophenol plant poisoned hundreds of residents. In reaction, Germany adopted the Major Accidents Ordinance in 1980, and the EU followed in 1982 … of airborne emissions and the hazards of fire and explosions. The significance of environmental protection – and the protection of ground and surface water in …

  • Article from 01.10.2012 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    Traffic noise

    … Traffic noise Traffic noise is a serious problem in Germany, where surveys show that traffic-noise pollution has declined only … risk. last update on 01.10.2012 Noise pollution Traffic noise is the bane of many Germans’ lives. To be precise, 54 percent of Germans are disturbed by traffic noise, … Although the 1974 Federal Pollution Control Act (BimSchG) meant the term “environmental degradation” to refer to all noise pollution factors as a whole, from …

  • Article from 13.11.2024 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    International soil governance

    … law are submitted. The legal study  of 2019 provides a legal assessment of whether German law is suitable to achieve objective "land degradation neutral word" for the … suitable for upscaling Protecting the skin of earth through international environmental law Prof Boer, Universität Sydney, Australien Protecting the skin of …

  • Article from 09.10.2015 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil protection at international level

    desiccated soil

    … degradation today. Soil degradation is a global phenomenon. That is why in 2011 the German Environment Agency, together with international institutions such as the … Soil Degradation within the SDG Framework? Tags soil degradation soil protection environmental sustainability land degradation neutrality … Whilst global demand for …

  • Article from 06.12.2017 | Last changed: 06.12.2017

    Lead at Christmas and on New Year's Eve

    red candle with a spoon for lead pouring

    … is no longer in fashion, and that's a good thing, because lead is known to be an environmental toxin. The presence of lead can be recognised by the product’s greater … means of divining the future is really not a good idea, as lead is poisonous and an environmental pollutant. It is not without reason that there are limit and guideline …

  • Article from 17.05.2013 | Last changed: 13.11.2017

    Climate-neutral lifestyle: Consumers lead the way

    … with climate-neutral living. Read about other people’s experience and opinions (in German) . Personal profile: ”Sabine T.” Character Bon vivant. She embodies what is … organic food Purchases energy-efficient appliances („A++ devices”) Supports environmental associations Personal CO 2e emissions 7.9 t CO 2e per year CO 2e …

  • Article from 19.02.2025 | Last changed: 19.05.2025

    German Committee on Indoor Air Guide Values

    Wohnzimmer im Altbau mit Sofa, Tisch, Stehlampe, Bild und Pflanzen

    German Committee on Indoor Air Guide Values The German Committee on Indoor Air Guide … at the German Environment Agency in Section II 1.2 "Toxicology, Health-related Environmental Monitoring". Definition of 'indoor environment' The German Advisory … 950 µg/m 3 (corresponds to the 95th percentile of the database determined in the German Environmental Health Survey from 2014 to 2017 (GerES V)) should be avoided in …

  • Basic page from 05.01.2026

    Access denied

    … necessary rights to access this content. Click here to go to the homepage of the German Environment Agency and use the navigation or our search function (top right of the page) to search for the content. Publications of the German Environment Agency can be found here: publications . If you do not find what …

  • Article from 07.02.2014 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Fragrances

    an orange perfumed candle, open bottle with fragrance and timber slats, an half orange, lavender and cinnamon sticks

    … they may lead to infection (eczema) upon contact with the skin. A study in German done by the German Federal Environment Agency ( Umweltbundesamt) investigated whether breathing … Environment Agency revealed that there are at least half a million people in Germany who have allergic reactions to fragrances. The European Union Scientific …