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  • Article from 16.12.2016 | Last changed: 13.01.2022

    Protocol on Water and Health

    a women is drinking a glass of water

    … small-scale water supplies and sanitation under the current workplan. Comprehensive data on small-scale water supplies in the countries of the European Region was … water supplies face. Associated content Links WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Drinking-water Hygiene Related contents Anerkennung und Harmonisierung – … Umwelt und Mensch – Informationsdienst“ Trinkwasser verteilen Related publications Environmental Awareness in Germany 2024 Urease- and nitrification inhibitors for …

  • Article from 23.07.2013 | Last changed: 30.07.2019

    Drinking water

    … water initiatives. As a WHO Collaborating center for drinking-water hygiene research , we are involved in cutting-edge developments and apply German expertise … possible or only partially possible to evaluate (236.52 kB) Related publications Environmental Awareness in Germany 2024 Contaminants in water resources: … of PMT/vPvM Substances Literature review and assessment of available toxicological data for PFAS Tags drinking water health water … Our bodies are composed of anywhere …

  • Article from 17.02.2016 | Last changed: 20.10.2016

    Harmful substance properties

    … properties When is a product considered low-polluting and low-emissions? What other environmental properties should a product have? Various evaluation methods are used … in the product itself or the emissions of the product. In addition to the broad-based methods applied in life cycle assessment of products and in material flow … for a ban of substances in products which bear the ecolabel are identified in the research project “ CMR substances in products ". The German Environment Agency had …

  • Article from 28.03.2014 | Last changed: 28.03.2014

    Toxic substances in products

    two little boys are playing with plastic toys on the floor

    … or rubber boots: toxic substances can be found in almost everything. The purpose of environmental and health protection is to steadily reduce the number of toxic … What analysis methods exist for toxic substances in products? Where and how is data on hazardous substances in products documented? Where can one find products … or rubber boots: toxic substances can be found in almost everything. The purpose of environmental and health protection is to steadily reduce the number of toxic …

  • Article from 17.07.2013 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Soil biodiversity loss

    An earthworm in its natural habitat.

    … a habitat that is of incalculable importance for biodiversity. But despite years of research, we still know far too little about soil ecology, whose systems are highly … carried out in the EU. Raising soil consciousness Experience has shown that our environmental dilemma cannot be solved through laws and administrative measures … regularly as part of an official monitoring program. The currently available data strikes us as being inadequate for assessing soil habitat functions for broad …

  • Article from 25.05.2021 | Last changed: 25.05.2021

    Benzene

    Zapfsäule einer Tankstelle mit drei Benzinzapfhähnen

  • Article from 20.04.2015 | Last changed: 28.04.2023

    The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program

    CORINE Land Cover 2006

    … Cover 2006 Source: Umweltbundesamt Land cover is a key indicator of anthropogenic environmental pollution. The EU’s CORINE Land Cover (CLC, Coordination of … for all EU member states. last update on 20.04.2015 Harmonized land cover data for Germany, via the CLC program CLC provides a trans-national concept and … land cover and changes therein. This pan-European data gathering process, which is based on geographical information compiled via satellite, began in the 1990s on a …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 11.08.2020

    Environmental Specimen Bank

    photo of a women working in the Environmental specimen bank

    Environmental Specimen Bank Environmental Specimen Bank: Ice cold in the name of … by means of a standardised questionnaire, Retrospective analysis: reviewing earlier data with new analytical procedures as well as determining the extent to which older … nutrition, etc) and risk groups, Storage and administration of data. Time-based exposure trends Scientists determined that whereas human exposure to arsenic, …

  • Article from 10.03.2014 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    Soil compaction

    Photo of a tyre track on an arable.

    … Act lays down general soil compaction prevention requirements, which are based on good agricultural practices. The extent of soil-mechanism degradation can … to compaction. For soil that is between 30 and 60 cm down, this can be determined based on the stability of the soil to compaction ratio (soil preload). This concept …

  • Article from 29.11.2022 | Last changed: 29.11.2022

    Helpful hints on gaining recognition

    … Helpful hints on gaining recognition Useful information for environmental associations seeking recognition according to the Environmental … 3 (1) Sentence 2 No. 1-5 UmwRG , the competent authority at UBA needs informative data and documentation from the applicant association. Documentation is reviewed and …

  • Article from 15.06.2017 | Last changed: 10.11.2025

    Preconditions for Recognition

    … Preconditions for Recognition Associations seeking to obtain recognition as an environmental association must meet certain requirements. last update on 15.06.2017 … To make use of the special NGO litigation rights pursuant to Article 2 of the Environmental Appeals Act (UmwRG) environmental associations must be recognized at …