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Dear Reader,The website Distributing Drinking Water, Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines has been updated as follows:Rules of procedure of the German Environment Agency for the management of the positive list of metallic materials suitable for use in contact with drinking water including ANNEX 1Rules of procedure of the German Environment Agency for the management of the positive list of starting s... read more

Dear readers,Phasing out fossil fuels, such as natural gas, oil and coal, has long been a matter of urgency on account of the climate crisis. The Russian war against Ukraine and the uncertainty about an impending halt to gas supplies are also relevant arguments at the moment. We must rapidly expand renewable energy sources and simultaneously be more conservative in our use of energy. More on this... read more

Dear subscriber,the new issue 01/2022 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 topicNot relevant? Degradation products of pesticides and their risk to groundwaterFurther articlesThe UFI – Faster and more reliable product identification in medical emergency advi... read more

Dear Reader, The website Distributing Drinking Water, Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines, due to the recent publication of the 3rd amendment of the Evaluation criteria for plastics and other organic materials in contact with drinking water (Expert information drinking water and swimming pool water No. 04/2022), has been updated as follows:Textual adaption in section `Elastomers´, `Thermoplast... read more

85 percent of the young people surveyed say environmental protection and climate action are important, thus ranking the topic among the four most important to young people in Germany. These are the findings of the representative survey “Zukunft? Jugend fragen! – 2021”. The grand challenges in preserving our essential life support systems are a matter of concern to young people. read more

World Water Day 2022: Some 70 percent of drinking water in Germany is extracted from groundwater and spring water. Our ecosystems and forests in particular depend on a sufficient amount of groundwater. Contamination by nitrate or pesticides, climate change and water abstraction are endangering the quality and quantity of this vital resource. read more

Dear Reader,The website Distributing Drinking Water, Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines has been updated as follows:Evaluation criteria for plastics and other organic materials in contact with drinking water including 3rd amendment   This document is currently only available in German.  The translation of the document into English is expected in the second quarter of 2022.Amendments... read more

After a significant decline in the previous year, greenhouse gas emissions in Germany are on the rise again. Some 762 million tonnes of greenhouse gases were released in 2021 – just over 33 million tonnes, or 4.5 percent more than in 2020. Overall, emissions in Germany have fallen by 38.7 percent since 1990. The increase in 2021 is particularly noticeable in the energy sector. read more