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  • Article from 06.10.2022 | Last changed: 07.10.2022

    Environmental justice – Environment, health and social conditions

    Where we live is a determining factor for how much we are affected by environmental influences.

    … burdens as a consequence of environmental problems are unevenly distributed in Germany. Social and environmental epidemiological studies conducted in Germany in recent years suggest that social status is a determining factor for … people are more exposed, as shown by data from the Federal Environment Agency’s German Environmental Survey, for example. Fields of action for research, policy and …

  • Article from 23.03.2017 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Commissions and Working Groups

    etwa 10 Leute sitzen auf einer Veranstaltung an U-förmig aufgestellten Tischen mit Namensschildern und Laptops, vorne läuft ein Beamer

    Commissions and Working Groups Various commissions and working groups give advice to … Environment Agency provides advice to working groups of federal government and German federal states as well as to the WHO. last update on 23.03.2017 The human … for a uniform and reproducible health-related evaluation of building products in Germany, the Committee for Health-related Evaluation of Building Products has …

  • Article from 04.05.2020 | Last changed: 30.07.2020

    Formaldehyde emissions: Test conditions for wood-based materials

    … new and renovated buildings are more air-tight now than they used to be. The German Environment Agency (UBA) has achieved, that the test conditions have been … laboratories, wood-based materials industry, furniture industry). The collected presentation slides are included here on this website among other documents, so that … behaviour of wood and wood-based materials Prohibition of Chemicals Ordinance (in German only) Related publications Building Products: Determining and avoiding …

  • Article from 26.04.2012 | Last changed: 20.09.2013

    Clean air plans

    … to set up clean air and action plans if air quality thresholds are exceeded. In Germany, public authorities at the Laender and municipal level cooperate closely to … Links Low emission zones in Europe List of clean air and action plans in Germany (in German) Related contents Indikator: Emission von Luftschadstoffen Ökonomische …

  • Article from 01.02.2016 | Last changed: 07.08.2023

    Low-emission zones in Germany

    Road sign for  a low-emission zone

    Low-emission zones in Germany Road sign for a low-emission zone Source: Denis Junker … The daily average may not be exceeded on more than 35 days per calendar year.  Many German cities have recorded a significantly higher rate of exceedences above the …

  • Article from 25.05.2011 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    Quality assurance principles

    Quality assurance principles last update on 25.05.2011 Quality assurance principles … air quality monitoring. National EU Reference Laboratory “Ambient Air Quality” The German Federal Environment Agency ( Umweltbundesamt – UBA) serves as the national … Metre, are issued by the UBA reference laboratory. All other measurements taken in Germany are traceable to these standards. Traceability is indispensable in quality …

  • Article from 13.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.04.2024

    Reactive nitrogen

    Annual nitrogen inputs into the German environment – sectoral percentages of total inputs 1995-2014

    … Reactive nitrogen Annual nitrogen inputs into the German environment–sectoral percentages of total inputs 1995-2014 Source: … relating to nitrogen called Interconvention Nitrogen Coordination Mechanism (INCOM) is currently being developed. Participants in this process include the … United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The International Nitrogen Initiative (INI), a global network of scientists, aims to strengthen the use of reactive …

  • Article from 25.05.2021 | Last changed: 25.05.2021

    Particulate matter (PM10)

    … can be found (station-by-station). Associated content Links Interactive map service (in German) Documents Information on particulate matter PM10 (65.30 kB) Information on …

  • Article from 21.05.2015 | Last changed: 21.05.2015

    UMID: Notes for authors

    … the rest of the formatting. Each entry must contain: Article title English heading German summary and English abstract (max. 1000 characters including spaces) All … Umweltbedingte Krankheitslasten Related publications Environmental Awareness in Germany 2024 Climate change and health: Tips on coping with hot weather and heat … the rest of the formatting. Each entry must contain: Article title English heading German summary and English abstract (max. 1000 characters including spaces) All …

  • Article from 21.05.2025 | Last changed: 21.05.2025

    UMID: Environment and Human Health – Information Service

    Nori-Algenflakes auf einem weißen Teller

    UMID: Environment and Human Health – Information Service In the context of climate … / CC0 The magazine "UMID: Environment and Human Health - Information Service" (German: "UMID: Umwelt und Mensch – Informationsdienst") is published annually in 2 … Editorial information UMID: Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ISSN 1862-4189 (Internet) Published by Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS)   Bundesinstitut für …

  • Article from 17.09.2009 | Last changed: 22.07.2020

    Climate and greenhouse effect

    sun and blue sky

    … from knowledge about the last ice age which covered large parts of what nowadays is Germany under a sheet of ice and with catastrophic consequences for all existing … by human interference is a cause for concern. Any change in one climate factor (in this case the composition of the atmosphere) can, as a result of a variety of … by human interference is a cause for concern. Any change in one climate factor (in this case the composition of the atmosphere) can, as a result of a variety of …

  • Article from 10.08.2017 | Last changed: 15.03.2019

    telegram: environment+health

    title telegram environment + health

    … developments in the field of environmental health and environmental medicine. We presented articles on current health-related environmental problems, results from … intervals and   published by the Department of Environmental Hygiene of the German Environment Agency . As from 2015 issues are also available in English. … developments in the field of environmental health and environmental medicine. We presented articles on current health-related environmental problems, results from …