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    Thermal treatment plants, predominantly incenerating municipal solid waste

    List of the addresses and the thermal plant of of treatment capacities, that predominantly burn municipal solid waste

    … Thermal treatment plants, predominantly incenerating municipal solid waste List of the addresses and the thermal plant of of treatment capacities, that … contents contain this medium: Thermal treatment Tags waste incineration plant … List of the addresses and the thermal plant of of treatment capacities, that …

  • Press release 47/2018 from 17.12.2018 | Last changed: 21.12.2018

    Rodent control involves risks for man and the environment

    ein Rattenschatten an der Wand

    … unintentional poisoning of pets and wild animals. In addition, most of the chemical substances used are very persistent in the environment and accumulate in organisms. … No. 47/2018 | 17.12.2018 Rodenticides (pest control chemicals) commonly contain substances that reduce blood clotting which are known as anticoagulants. They are … to use rodenticides lawfully, safely, and efficiently. UBA has also updated an FAQ list on the topic of rodent control with the use of anticoagulants. The publication …

  • Press release 10/2018 from 12.04.2018 | Last changed: 12.07.2018

    UBA issues recommendations to fight micropollutants in water bodies

    Ein Reagenzkolben vor grüner Wiese, darin Wasser.

    … Agency (UBA) is proposing a package of measures to drastically cut discharges of substances into water bodies. Inputs of persistent substances to water often cause problems that last for decades. A few examples of …

  • Press release 028/09 from 28.05.2009 | Last changed: 03.07.2013

    Quick response in case of chemical accident

    … Quick response in case of chemical accident Citizens to gain access to joint substance database operated by Federal Government and Laender Up-to-date, quick and reliable information on chemical substances and their environmental impact is important for the sake of environmental …   GSBL is Germany’s largest and most important substance database. There is a listing of 480 features of substance properties and governing legislation on some …

  • Press release 16/2016 from 20.04.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    EU Commission declines to authorise antifouling ingredient

    blue rowboats

    … better known by its trade name Irgarol®, may no longer be used as the active substance in antifouling products after 27 January 2017. This is the result of a … which the EU Commission had already reached on 27 January of this year. Antifouling substances inhibit the growth (fouling) of single-celled organisms, algae and small … Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/107 (PDF) information on antifouling substances information on Irgarol (in German) UBA artificial pond and stream system …

  • Press release 23/2022 from 13.05.2022 | Last changed: 17.05.2022

    "PARC": EU research partnership on chemical risk assessment launches

    Blutprobe im Reagenzglas

    … in Paris on 11 May 2022, is breaking new ground in the assessment of chemical substances. "PARC" stands for "European Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals". The aim is to improve knowledge about chemical substances in order to better protect human health and the environment. The …

  • Press release 58/2020 from 30.11.2020 | Last changed: 11.12.2020

    750 experts discuss new PFAS research and strategies

    Eine Pfanne liegt im Sand

    … and strategies International expert conference on poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances Anti-stick coating on pans often contains PFAS. Source: romingo.de - Romy … how to deal with environmental pollution caused by poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). Because of their unique properties, these more than 5,000 …

  • Press release 06/2020 from 12.02.2020 | Last changed: 19.02.2020

    Many bisphenol A alternatives may be endocrine disruptive

    Reagenzkolben mit Flüssigkeit

    … (BPA) for a number of different applications and products. The result: 43 of these substances are not recommended for use, either because they have a hormone-mimicking …

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    The UBA database – “Pharmaceuticals in the environment”

    Logo of the UBA database - ‘Pharmaceuticals in the environment’

    … have been measured in 89 countries in all UN regions. For Germany, 414 active substances or their transformation products were reported, 749 for the European … 2017 and 2020. Summary of results The database now contains 276,895 entries. Active substances or their transformation products were detected in the environment of 89 …

  • Press release 51/2021 from 21.12.2021 | Last changed: 28.12.2021

    Rise in use of problematic plant protection products

    Honigbiene im Rapsfeld

    … in 2018/2019, farmers demonstrated greater demand for specific problematic active substances, including insecticides that are dangerous to bees and herbicides … have stayed more or less unchanged. We are concerned that sales of problematic substances are increasing. The use of synthetic chemical pesticides must be … it with concrete measures. UBA believes that it must become possible to ban active substances that are particularly harmful to the environment by means of national …

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    4 pictograms

    … Figure 3 A) One substance from several sources, uses, e.g. products from different manufacturers (aggregated exposure); B) One registrant assesses several substances in a mixture; C) Mixture assessment: combined exposure and effect of different substances from different sources are taken into account. D) REACH could consider …

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    SubSelect - Guide for the Selection of Sustainable Chemicals

    … in the market. SubSelect guides you as a manufacturer, formulator or end user of substances and mixtures to gather information on hazard, mobility, resource and … SubSelect is a Windows Access program. The tool is provided with the candidate list dated December 2020. In 2025, the successor to SubSelect will be published. … in the market. SubSelect guides you as a manufacturer, formulator or end user of substances and mixtures to gather information on hazard, mobility, resource and …

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