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  • Cover from 13.08.2024

    Water Monitoring of the Future

    Schematic workflow in the project “Ad-hoc Assessment for Water Monitoring of the Future”.

    … chemical market that protects human health and the environment from hazardous substances. With conventional target analysis (examines specific individual substances), only a small part of the anthropogenic substances in water bodies could …

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    Environmentally conscious use of medicines

    Photo of a young woman using a laptop, medication in one hand, looking up information online, with more medication on a table in the background

    … Patients can help reducing adverse environmental impacts of pharmaceutical substances. Source: KMPZZZ / Adobe Stock The following contents contain this medium: … … Patients can help reducing adverse environmental impacts of pharmaceutical substances. … Environmentally conscious use of medicines …

  • Cover from 09.08.2023

    The German Centre for Micropollutants: Round Tables

    … interest groups are working out possible reduction measures for relevant trace substances. Related contents Wasserforschung im UBA Abwassertechnikforschung … At … interest groups are working out possible reduction measures for relevant trace substances. … The German Centre for Micropollutants: Round Tables …

  • News from 06.08.2018 | Last changed: 01.10.2018

    Online survey: Chemicals in consumer goods

    Yellow rubber ducks

    … about chemicals in products Source: debramillet / Fotolia.com Certain chemical substances are harmful to man and the environment. As part of the “AskREACH” EU LIFE …

  • Press release 35/2020 from 31.07.2020 | Last changed: 12.08.2020

    Rodent control measures are contaminating fish

    ein Rattenschatten an der Wand

    … fish Rodenticide use in sewer systems causes extensive water pollution The active substances in rodenticides pollute bodies of water through wastewater. Source: Lugaa … research project done on behalf of the German Environment Agency (UBA). The active substances used in baits are not degraded completely in wastewater treatment plants … rodenticide-containing feeding baits. The rodenticides contain anticoagulant active substances and lead to death from internal bleeding within a few days after the bait …

  • News from 29.04.2024 | Last changed: 14.08.2024

    ZnO nanoforms - REACH substance evaluation: environmental aspects

    ein weißes Pulver in einer schwarzen Dose

    ZnO nanoforms - REACH substance evaluation: environmental aspects Zinc oxide is used … Risk Assessment, the German Environment Agency (UBA) has been carrying out a REACH substance evaluation on the registered nanoforms of zinc oxide since 2017. The …

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    Rationale for the test values of the evaluation criteria for enamels and ceramic materials

    … criteria for enamels and ceramic materials 02.02.2018 Information; Assessment of substances that migrate from enamels and ceramic materials into drinking water. … The following contents contain this medium: Documents … Information; Assessment of substances that migrate from enamels and ceramic materials into drinking water. … …

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    Modelling Guideline

    … 26.02.2025 Guideline for the Mathematical Estimate of the Migration of Individual Substances from Organic Material in Drinking Water (Modelling Guideline) Document … Documents … Guideline for the Mathematical Estimate of the Migration of Individual Substances from Organic Material in Drinking Water (Modelling Guideline) … Modelling …

    Modelling Guideline (767.62 kB)
  • News from 20.03.2014 | Last changed: 25.03.2014

    Estimating chemical release: still further improvement needed

    comic of factories that release black water into a polluted river

    … chemical release: still further improvement needed Under REACH the release of a substance is estimated on the basis of emission factors. Source: poosan / Fotolia.com Under the European Chemicals legislation REACH the release of a substance into the environment is estimated on the basis of emission factors. … factor REACH … Under the European Chemicals legislation REACH the release of a substance into the environment is estimated on the basis of emission factors. … …

  • Press release 08/2022 from 31.01.2022 | Last changed: 07.02.2022

    Avoiding pollutants in construction materials

    Luftaufnahme eines Neubaugebiets

    … roofing tiles, exterior rendering and plastered facades can release harmful substances into the environment during the building phase, says a new study by the … quality standards) for surface waters, in part significantly. Many further substances, however, were present in normal concentrations. The biocides and … and the entire area (storm sewer) were taken for each area and analysed for organic substances and heavy metals contained in the building products. The results of the …

  • Press release 72/09 from 09.10.2009 | Last changed: 05.07.2013

    European chemicals policy

    … chemicals policy Federal Environment Agency recommends review of criteria for substances of very high concern In advance of the 3rd Meeting of Competent … of the REACH regulation which lists the criteria for the identification of PBT/vPvB substances. Several member state authorities are arguing that the criteria are …