Wanted: Innovative ideas for environmental protection and climate action in cities read more
Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 2/2018
Dear Reader,There is a need to improve the quality of the air in many towns and cities in Germany. In this respect, bringing measurement processes that are specified throughout Europe into doubt doesn't help – emissions of airborne pollutants must be reduced. The topic of this newsletter is the importance of this for our health. Road traffic was also the focus of our 2017 greenhouse gas balance: e... read more
Changes in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act: More recycling of WEEE
From 15 August 2018 the Act Governing the Sale, Return and Environmentally Sound Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment - ElektroG will apply to virtually all types of electrical and electronic equipment. The aim is to ensure that more waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) ends up being recycled. read more
How well do penguins hear?
World penguin day on 25. April – New research project on penguin hearing launched read more
UBA issues recommendations to fight micropollutants in water bodies
Persistent substances in the water can lead to long-term problems. read more
WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management - No.: 60 - February 2018
Dear reader,We are pleased to send you the latest newsletter by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management and Air Pollution Control at the Federal Environment Agency, Germany.Some topics of the new issue:Air Quality Management is an Important Issue in International Cooperation Activities of GermanyNotes and newsMeetings and conferencesPublicationsComing eventsPrevious newsletter issu... read more
Nitrogen dioxide has serious impact on health
Statistics for 2014 indicate roughly 6,000 premature deaths due to cardiovascular diseases which are linked to background concentrations of NO2 read more
Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 1/2018
Dear Reader,If bacteria become resistant to antibiotics and infections are therefore harder to treat, a serious risk to our health arises. Exactly this can happen when bacteria come into contact with antibiotic residues in soils, groundwater, rivers or lakes. Please, read in this newsletter edition what can be done about it. We would also like to present the current data on air quality in Germany:... read more