health protection

The Corona crisis challenges many familiar things. The economy is under pressure, people are changing their habits. What does this mean for environmental policy in the long term? UBA has launched various activities to address this issue. A special "Corona Task Force" has produced initial discussion papers. In addition, the economic perspective of "green recovery" is the focus of other activities.

It is advisable to carefully consider whether to participate in open-air sport events when ozone levels are high.

The magazine "UMID: Environment and Human Health - Information Service" (German: "UMID: Umwelt und Mensch – Informationsdienst") is published annually in 2 issues. It provides information on current topics in the fields of environment and health, environmental medicine and consumer protection. Each article contains an English abstract. All issues are available in the archive.

The Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB) serves to investigate, document and archive environmental and human exposure to pollutants in Germany at a specific point in time.