Dear subscriber,the new issue 01/2024 of the journal UMID - Environment and Human Health Information service has been published.Please note that the articles are in German, only english abstracts can be provided.Main topic:Hazardous substances released from corroding munitions in the seas – Danger for humans and marine ecosystems?Further articles:Formaldehyde emissions from wood-based panels and f... read more
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The German Environment Agency celebrates its 50-year anniversary
Over 50 years ago, the social-liberal coalition under chancellor Willy Brandt breathed new life into environmental protection. With the launch of the Federal Government’s first environmental programme and the appointment of the first German Environment Minister in 1971, environmental policy initially took root within the Federal Ministry. read more
Expert information drinking water and swimming pool water - No.: 2/2024
Dear Reader, The website Distributing Drinking Water, Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines has been updated by adding version 9 of the FAQ information document – Testing and certification practice for products in contact with drinking water: implementation of the evaluation criteria and the recommendation for attestation of conformity. Your department for Drinking Water and Swimming Pool... read more
Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 2/2024
Welcome to the new issue of “UBA aktuell” in which we look back with you on 50 years of the German Environment Agency and our work for people and the environment. You are warmly invited to join us on a journey through time! This newsletter also includes the latest figures on Germany's greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 and the new CO₂ border adjustment mechanism CBAM to create fair international com... read more
Online platform DIVID of the Single-Use Plastics Fund launched
The Single-Use Plastics Fund Act, passed on 15 May 2023, obliges manufacturers to bear the costs for the collection of their single-use plastic products when discarded as waste in streets or parks from 2024. The German Environment Agency is setting up the digital platform DIVID to manage and process the levies that companies must pay into the Single-Use Plastic Fund. read more
Blue Angel for wood-burning stoves: Dust precipitators can reduce ultrafine particles by 97 percent
The Hesse State Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology (HLNUG) investigated the emission of ultrafine particles (UFP) and the effectiveness of electrostatic precipitators to reduce fine dust emissions from a wood-burning stove. read more
National emissions trading: CO₂ emissions fell by 5.9 per cent in 2022
In the second year of the national emissions trading scheme (nEHS), emissions within its scope amounted to 288.5 million tonnes of CO₂. read more
Assessment value set for plasticisers in urine
At its meeting on 22 March, the Human Biomonitoring (HBM) Commission at the German Environment Agency (UBA) derived a health-based assessment value (HBM value) for mono-n-hexyl phthalate (MnHexP) in urine. read more
