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  • Article from 04.05.2020 | Last changed: 30.07.2020

    Formaldehyde emissions: Test conditions for wood-based materials

    … reasons, new and renovated buildings are more air-tight now than they used to be. The German Environment Agency (UBA) has achieved, that the test … 2014, on the basis of the latest findings, the EU classified formaldehyde as “May cause cancer” (category 1 B pursuant to the CLP Regulation). Further information on …

  • Article from 26.03.2024 | Last changed: 26.03.2024

    Air Quality Control in Europe

    … have demonstrated that the emissions of the planned installation will not cause permitted levels of pollutants in ambient air to be exceeded. In Germany, the … to as Lagrange particle dispersion model. Unlike the Gaussian models commonly used elsewhere, this flexible modelling procedure produces realistic results even …

  • Article from 25.05.2011 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    Quality assurance principles

    … monitoring techniques and to set-up the metrological bases for sensor technology used in air quality applications.   Duties and responsibilities The duties and … reference materials with assigned values traceable to our standards are then used  for instrument calibration in the measurement networks of the air quality …

  • Article from 13.11.2023 | Last changed: 08.04.2024

    Reactive nitrogen

    Annual nitrogen inputs into the German environment – sectoral percentages of total inputs 1995-2014

    … Since the age of the Industrial Revolution, however, human activities have caused far more elemental nitrogen to change into reactive forms, probably at a rate … transport sector, 16 % from industrial and energy sector processes and 6 % from households, wastewater management and surface runoff. The majority is released into … pose a risk to human health. High atmospheric ammonia and ozone concentrations cause widespread damage to sensitive plants in Europe. Nitrogen dioxide is harmful to …

  • Article from 21.05.2015 | Last changed: 21.05.2015

    UMID: Notes for authors

    … including spaces. You can determine the number of characters in your text in Word using the Extras > Word count function (may vary depending on version). The … author and year are quoted in brief in parentheses in the text, for example: (Krause 2009). Several references in one set of parentheses must be separated by semicolons, for example: (Krause 2009; Müller 2005). Instructions on the bibliography The information in the …

  • Article from 21.05.2025 | Last changed: 21.05.2025

    UMID: Environment and Human Health – Information Service

    Nori-Algenflakes auf einem weißen Teller

    … change and health: UMID 03/2009 Current topics In some issues the magazine focuses on current topics in the fields of environment and health. These issues are … 2024 MAIN TOPIC: Ban on cosmetics containing mercury – international challenges using the example of skin lightening creams +++ FURTHER ARTICLES: Potential of … the German lockdown in springtime 2020 | Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic viruses via wastewater analyses | Radiation protection aspects when using UV-C …

  • Article from 17.09.2009 | Last changed: 22.07.2020

    Climate and greenhouse effect

    sun and blue sky

    Climate and greenhouse effect Source: Umweltbundesamt 26.03.2020 UBA explanatory video: Greenhouse gases and greenhouse effect Climate is described in terms of mean values, … and simulate possible future climate changes with the help of supercomputers. … Climate and greenhouse effect

  • Article from 10.08.2017 | Last changed: 15.03.2019

    telegram: environment+health

    title telegram environment + health

    … Germany telegram 01/2017 telegram environment+health 04/2016 Indoor air pollution caused by ethanol fireplaces telegram 04/2016 telegram environment+health 03/2016 … 01/2016 telegram environment+health 03/2015 Good noses in search for mould – Use and training of mould detection dogs in Germany telegram 03/2015 telegram …

  • Article from 15.09.2023 | Last changed: 15.09.2023

    Reference and HBM Values

    Urine and blood specimen in tubes on a questionaire for laboratory analysis

    … to a defined statistical method from a series of measuring results. Samples to be used for this purpose have to be collected from a defined group of the general … Chem. 69, 7 (1997) 1601-1611). In analogy to this guideline, the HBM Commission uses as reference value the 95th percentile of the measured pollutant concentration …

  • Article from 26.07.2022 | Last changed: 26.07.2022

    German Environmental Survey 2003-2006 for Children, GerES IV

    6 Children

    … The Federal Environment Agency decided to conduct a special GerES on children because they must be considered as a risk group for adverse health effects caused by environmental factors last update on 26.07.2022 GerES IV for children has … and Adolescents ( KiGGS ) which is conducted by the Robert Koch-Institute . Using data of both surveys it will be possible to evaluate relations between …

  • Article from 15.09.2023 | Last changed: 15.09.2023

    Human Biomonitoring Commission (HBM Commission)

    A rubber glove coated hand removes a test tube out of a  test tube rack.

    … of the HBM Commission . The monographs contain furthermore information on the use, occurrence and distribution of the relevant chemical substance in the … Current Activities Biomonitoring Equivalents – Current Activities and Use of Toxicokinetic Modeling Lesa L. Aylward, Sean M. Hays, March 6, 2015 …

  • Article from 14.06.2017 | Last changed: 23.06.2017

    Survey 1990-1992 in Comparison with Survey 1997-1999

    pedestrians are crossing a street on an cross-walk

    … for subjects with German nationality. Data from 1990-1992 were weighted using population data from the 1998 German Microcensus. The following substances … in urine. In both surveys PCP, lindane und permethrin were analysed in house dust. Trend data for the concentrations of metals in tap water of the 25 to 69 … in urine, lead in blood, mercury in urine and PCP in urine has decreased. This is caused by the decreasing level of pollution by the mentioned substances above all in …