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  • Article from 19.03.2018 | Last changed: 20.03.2018

    German Environmental Survey 1997-1999, GerES III

    Pedestrians on a pavement

    German Environmental Survey 1997-1999, GerES III Environmental surveys determine the … Metals, boron, and arsenic in the household drinking water gives an overview on data analysed. In Figure Elements in household drinking water of the West- and …

  • Article from 11.05.2017 | Last changed: 11.05.2017

    German Environmental Survey, GerES

    Collage

    German Environmental Survey, GerES The environmental survey investigates the exposure of … to the protection of people and the environment. last update on 11.05.2017 Research for your health The German Environmental Surveys (GerES) are the largest …

  • Article from 20.08.2019 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Project DEMOCOPHES

    Mutter und Kind beim Memory-Spielen, die Mutter deckt ein Kärtchen mit einer Schlange auf, der Junge schaut neugierig unter die Karte, bevor sie ganz aufgedeckt ist

    … In Germany this was specialist department II.1.2 for toxicology and health-related environmental monitoring of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) under the direction … Social and Environmental Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Erlangen Data evaluation and the publication of results were carried out by the Federal … may differ from non-participants is important for the interpretation of research results. For this reason, potential participants who had chosen not to take …

  • Article from 15.09.2013 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Allergies

    A girl blows her nose. In the background is a flower meadow with daisies an dandelion.

    … knowledge about the substances and allergens concerned. Allergies are a key research focus area at the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt - UBA) … to public health. Therefore, the Federal Environment Agency examined the spread of environmental contact allergies in a research project in German with a focus on …

  • Article from 14.12.2016 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)

    … by MCS attribute these symptoms to exposure to different kinds of chemicals and environmental noxae, whereby even very low concentrations, which do not cause health … definition of which symptoms pertain to MCS nor do verified findings on the environmental causes of the symptoms exist. According to the consensus criteria …

  • Article from 21.10.2022 | Last changed: 25.10.2022

    Human biomonitoring

    many phrases in the field of biomonitoring

    … intheskies / Fotolia.com Human biomonitoring (HBM) is a tool of health-related environmental monitoring with which populations are examined for their exposure to … last update on 21.10.2022 Human biomonitoring (HBM) is a tool of health-related environmental monitoring. In human biomonitoring, human body fluids and tissues are … thus feed directly into the findings. By way of contrast, environmental monitoring data are frequently unable to deliver exact results on the exposure of a single …

  • Article from 20.08.2019 | Last changed: 20.08.2019

    Environmental medicine

    A blood sample is taken from someones arm.

    Environmental medicine Environmental impacts affect our health. Source: Thomas Brugger / Fotolia.com The …

  • Article from 19.03.2018 | Last changed: 20.03.2018

    Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)

    Some labeled brown flasks

    … of individual VOCs are very low and represent no risk to health. In the German Environmental Study, the Federal Environment Agency has drawn up a representative … choose products and materials which are particularly low in emissions. They can use environmental labels such as the Blue Angel to help them. If they are intending to …

  • Article from 06.11.2014 | Last changed: 17.12.2014

    Data for health-related exposure assessment

    pie-chart and map graphic with styluses on top

    Data for health-related exposure assessment Exposure assessment calculates the … and age. A major update and expansion of these data was achieved in 2006 by the research project Evaluation of standards and models for probabilistic exposure … and assessed available data on various factors influencing human exposure to environmental and other stressors, with the aim of consistently compiling data

  • Article from 11.05.2017 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Endocrine disruptors

    A baby sits among cuddly toys with a ball in its hand.

    … to the exposure of endocrine substances to the environment Toxicological basic data for the derivation of EU-LCI values for 5 substances from building products …

  • Article from 02.08.2022 | Last changed: 02.08.2022

    Substances in building products

    A construction worker lags a slab.

    … authorities.  As a result, standardisation committees will define the criteria of environmental and health protection with the participation of other public authorities.  The Federal Environment Agency introduced environmental and health protection as a focus topic in the European process of …

  • Article from 08.02.2011 | Last changed: 02.08.2022

    Ventilation to combat "stale" air

    … the prevention, detection and remediation of mould in buildings Toxicological basic data for the derivation of EU-LCI values for 5 substances from building products …