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  • Article from 15.05.2020 | Last changed: 18.05.2020

    Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)

    … pharmaceutical ingredients in surface waters for a number of years. Currently no environmental quality standards have been determined for API either at European or … substances on the national watchlist complied with the Draft for the annual average environmental quality standard (EQS-Draft) for carbamazepine and sulfamethoxazole at … (118.82 kB) Comparison of annual means in 2016-2018 with draft of environmental quality standard and PNEC Source: UBA / LAWA Download image (527.53 …

  • Article from 15.05.2020 | Last changed: 15.05.2020

    Autism Spectrum Disorder

    A token stands in the middle of a wooden square, three others stand outside.

    … that genetic causes contribute to a large extent to the development of autism. Do environmental factors also play a role? last update on 15.05.2020 Autism is seen as … this hypothesis is still controversial. The increase might be caused not only by environmental and lifestyle conditions but also by new and broader diagnostic …

  • Article from 03.04.2020 | Last changed: 03.04.2020

    Metals

    … copper, zinc) and in biota (mercury). The assessment of metals is based on environmental quality standards (chemical status) which are valid throughout the EU … Schnackenburg/Elbe measuring station and Kleve-Bimmen/Rhine (see images) and by the Environmental Specimen Bank.  Especially in the Elbe is this recognizable. There is …

  • Article from 15.05.2020 | Last changed: 15.05.2020

    Headaches

    A child that holds its head.

    … measured in Europe actually cause headaches cannot be answered from existing environmental epidemiological studies. The results of these studies were found to be contradictory. Why are there not more environmental epidemiological studies on headaches? Researchers agree that there are … These difficulties apply especially to studies investigating the connection between environmental pollutants in indoor and outdoor air and headaches. Often such studies …

  • Article from 29.04.2022 | Last changed: 29.04.2022

    Newsletter WHO CC Air Hygiene

    Schild des WHO CC Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control

    … +++ CLEAR - Cluster of Air Quality Research 35, 06/2005 December 2004 German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV) 2003-2006 +++ Health Impact Assessment …

  • Article from 11.01.2023 | Last changed: 03.07.2025

    German Environmental Survey, GerES V (2014-2017)

    Six children on a lawn sich in einer Kette bei den Händen gefasst und hüpfen lachend in die Luft

    German Environmental Survey, GerES V (2014-2017) UBA is tracking exposure to … Environment Agency investigated the exposure of children and adolescent exposure to environmental influences in Germany. Families were selected to participate in the …

  • Article from 21.10.2022 | Last changed: 27.10.2022

    Environmental burden of disease

    Traffic jam in a crowded street

    Environmental burden of disease Environmental influences can cause illness Source: yellowj / Fotolia.com …

  • Article from 08.05.2023 | Last changed: 08.05.2023

    Human biomonitoring in Europe

    Waving flags of Switzerland, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Belgium and the European Union

    … great importance to the human biomonitoring (HBM) tool for the determination of the environmental burden on the population. However previous or ongoing HBM studies in … different issues. last update on 08.05.2023 Human biomonitoring: A tool of European environmental and health policy Human biomonitoring (HBM) is a tool to record human …

  • Article from 21.11.2022 | Last changed: 23.11.2022

    Cooperation for the promotion of human biomonitoring

    Refinery

    … Group have backgrounds in chemical-analytical science, expertise in toxicology, environmental medicine and/ or regulatory affairs and work for the Federal … list of the IPASUM (Institute and Outpatient Clinic of Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine), Erlangen). If the methods found seemed not appropriate for …

  • Article from 19.03.2019 | Last changed: 07.02.2024

    European testing procedure: Emissions from construction products

    A gypsum board in an emissions testing chamber.

    … procedures, it has not been possible to date to include information concerning environmental and health protection under the CE marking. Meanwhile, various testing … in eco-labelling, or providing neutral information on emissions behaviour in environmental product declarations (EPDs). For VOC information in EPDs the UBA has … Excel screen shows the UBA proposal for the declaration of VOC emissions in environmental product declarations according to DIN EN 15804 (product- and …

  • Article from 30.08.2023 | Last changed: 30.08.2023

    Lead in particulate matter

    Ein Auto steht in einer Tiefgarage.

    … were used as anti-knock additives in petrol. Car exhausts lead to an immense environmental pollution. Even today road traffic is an important emission source as … were used as anti-knock additives in petrol. Car exhausts lead to an immense environmental pollution. Even today road traffic is an important emission source as …