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  • Article from 20.07.2023 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Emissions and degradation products

    Look from outer space: the Indian Ocean

    … products Sun and clouds over the Indian Ocean Source: NASA Fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases, i.e. partially fluorinated hydrocarbons, fully fluorinated hydrocarbons, sulphur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride) are used for purposes such as refrigerants, foam blowing agents in certain foam …

  • Article from 24.07.2019 | Last changed: 04.11.2021

    Safe management of drinking water supplies

    Scheme of the Water Safety Plan concept: What can go wrong in our water supply? What risks does this cause for our supply? How can we control them? How do we know that they are under control?

    … approach can be universally applied, irrespective of the type of raw water source used, the size or the complexity of the water supply. For practical implementation … in Gewässern Wasserökonomik Related publications Contaminants in water resources: Prioritization and recommendations for conducting a “cold” biodegradation …

  • Article from 02.08.2019 | Last changed: 19.08.2019

    Information on the O3 exceedance table

    … an individual measuring station to the appropriate monitoring centre. Another cause can be a malfunction of the measuring instruments themselves. Related contents … and Nutrient Nitrogen Environmental Monitor 2024 Creation of a harmonized land cover map as an example for the entire region of the Geneva Air Pollution … an individual measuring station to the appropriate monitoring centre. Another cause can be a malfunction of the measuring instruments themselves. … Information on …

  • Article from 29.12.2022 | Last changed: 02.01.2023

    Identifying and managing flood risks

    Comprehensive and river basin-wide management is needed to deal with floods.

    … since 2007. last update on 29.12.2022 Flood risk management The enormous damage caused by recurring floods, illustrates how important it is to deal with precautionary … and river basin-wide management. This includes precautionary measures (e.g., land use planning, floodplain designation, flood-adapted construction, technical …

  • Article from 06.03.2025 | Last changed: 06.03.2025

    Formaldehyde

    Gronspanplatten gestapelt

    … How is formaldehyde classified in the EU? Formaldehyde is a substance that has been used industrially for a long time and was originally mainly used to preserve … skin, causes severe skin burns and eye damage, toxic if inhaled, suspected of causing genetic defects and may cause an allergic skin reaction. Since June 2014, …

  • Article from 23.04.2025 | Last changed: 23.06.2025

    Research and development projects on nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    … on a literature review. Based on that it will be derived which test systems must be used in order to be able to make specific statements on the ecotoxicology of these materials. Selected test systems will be tested and adapted using selected fibrous and platelet materials as examples. In this way, …

  • Article from 28.11.2019 | Last changed: 13.02.2020

    Nanotechnology

    Nano structures

    … can offer various environmental opportunities, e.g. in the field of energy and resource efficiency, site remediation, or water purification. However, as a … and to identify further need for action. On the one hand UBA supports the use of nanotechnology with ecological potential and it funds innovations suited to …

  • Article from 11.09.2017 | Last changed: 31.08.2023

    Publications

  • Article from 15.03.2016 | Last changed: 15.03.2016

    Dioxins

    Dioxin

  • Article from 04.12.2015 | Last changed: 04.12.2015

    Fate-study Irargol

    … is an antifouling boosting agent, which has increasingly been used as a biocidal agent in antifouling coatings for ship hulls after the EU ban on … the use of antifouling coatings with Irgarol content in Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and Great Britain. A general ban was imposed on the use of biocidal …

  • Article from 05.06.2015 | Last changed: 05.06.2015

    Effect study "Irgarol"

    … Irgarol® Irgarol® is in the group of s-triazines and a biocidal agent which is used as an anti-fouling coating for marine vessels to prevent the attachment of … traced in relevant concentrations of up to 4.2 µg/L in both coastal waters and inland waters (harbours, marinas, etc). Most studies up to now have limited testing to …