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  • Article from 24.01.2017 | Last changed: 13.11.2017

    Building Products

    different building products

    … and health Source: photo 5000 / Fotolia.com Products used in construction contain many organic and inorganic substances. If they are released into the indoor … have been quantified only sporadically. last update on 24.01.2017 Building products contain various substances that are hazardous to the environment and health. They … and wood-based materials, mineral building materials and roofing materials can also contain undesirable substances. Substances which have already been banned may also …

  • Article from 07.01.2020 | Last changed: 07.01.2020

    Legal provisions

    paragraphs

    … are therefore classified either into chemicals law or product law, or sometimes waste law when chemicals become relevant at the waste treatment stage only. last update on 07.01.2020 As a general rule, a product …

  • Article from 12.06.2015 | Last changed: 12.06.2015

    Products

    Shopping Mall

    … page. The European F-gases regulation bans the marketing of certain products containing F-gases. It also mandates emission reduction measures for the use of such … page. The European F-gases regulation bans the marketing of certain products containing F-gases. It also mandates emission reduction measures for the use of such …

  • Article from 22.12.2025 | Last changed: 22.12.2025

    Prosecution of Illegal Waste Shipments

    Richter mit Hammer

    … Prosecution of Illegal Waste Shipments Illegal waste shipment is tracked Source: apops / Fotolia.com last … Article 18 of the Waste Shipment Act and the Ordinance on fines for waste shipments contain provisions on administrative fines regarding waste shipments. The illegal …

  • Article from 14.02.2022 | Last changed: 15.02.2022

    Economic issues

    … Act and the Wastewater Charges Act, but also in numerous ordinances. The WFD also contains numerous economic requirements. "Water is not a common commodity, but an … stocks or the ability of marine systems to absorb and degrade, decompose or store wastes, toxins and other substances. Then, the benefits to humans from the ecosystem …

  • Article from 30.11.2014 | Last changed: 10.11.2017

    Chemical Quality Standards and Assessment

    … to chronic toxicity is less than 12. For hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene and mercury, which highly accumulate within the food chain, an environmental quality … monitoring. Germany has choosen this for HCB and hexchlorobutadiene, but not for mercury due to methodological problems. The environmental quality standard for … status that is free from anthropogenic impairments. For nutrients, quality class II contains values derived from previous assessment procedures. The subsequent classes …

  • Article from 22.08.2019 | Last changed: 24.09.2019

    Holi – Festival of colours and dust

    Menschen streuen verschiedne Farben aus

    … Protection and Food Safety (BVL).   A nalyses by UBA show that holi powders contain up to 70% of fine dust (particles with a maximum diameter of 10 μm), a fact … of German Fire Protection ( vfdb ).           Associated content Holi-Colours contain particulates (particle diameter < 10 µm); light microscopic picture Source: Umweltbundesamt Holi-Colours contain particulates (particle diameter < 10 µm); analysis by CASY® Cell Counter …

  • Article from 11.04.2025 | Last changed: 11.04.2025

    Monitoring and assessment

    … mammals, for example, is observed from aeroplanes. The BLMP monitoring manual contains detailed information on measuring stations, parameters and methods, among … being developed for other pressures such as noise pollution or the input of waste and other biological components such as food webs and pelagic habitats as part …

  • Article from 02.02.2022 | Last changed: 25.07.2025

    Maritime shipping

    Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg

    … Maritime shipping Sailing boat and container ship in the harbor of Hamburg Source: FG II 2.3 / UBA More and larger … are: International Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972 ( London Convention ) and its updating Protocol of 1996 … on surfaces are covered by the term ’anti-fouling’. The most common are biocide-containing coatings from which the biocides are permanently released and thus get …

  • Article from 31.03.2025 | Last changed: 10.04.2025

    Use and Impact

    Port view of Bremerhaven with container crane and container ship.

    … Use and Impact Port view of Bremerhaven with container crane and container ship. Source: FG II 2.3 / UBA The seas and oceans, … residues harm marine life and accumulate in the food web. Additionally, plastic waste (micro-, meso- and macroplastics) poses a severe threat to marine species through entanglement, ingestion, and the substances it contains. Marine ecosystems respond slowly to reductions in pollution, and current …

  • Article from 11.03.2025 | Last changed: 31.07.2025

    Protecting the seas and oceans: how can it be done?

    On the picure you see the sunset about the sea

    … offshore energy production , also have a negative impact on the marine environment. Waste, especially plastic waste including microplastics, is omnipresent. Underwater noise disturbs and harms …

  • Article from 11.05.2012 | Last changed: 14.11.2025

    Circulatory diseases

    … relating to environmental and health policy. The results of the meta-analysis are contained within the English-language research document “ Transportation Noise and … relating to environmental and health policy. The results of the meta-analysis are contained within the English-language research document “ Transportation Noise and …