People with little education or low incomes are more likely to suffer from traffic noise and poor air quality than other segments of the population. The health problems associated with particulates and noise are especially high in urban areas with heavy traffic. The consequences of global warming as well as the increasing social polarisation in cities have prompted the need for political interv... read more
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Unadulterated swimming fun
The EU Commission published its statistics on the bathing water quality for 2009 season on 10 June 2010. 99 percent of Germany’s bathing waters meet the quality standards set by the EC Bathing Water Directive. 81 percent of bathing waters even meet the more stringent requirements to be classified as ‘good quality’. read more
Second-time award for family-friendly employer Federal Environment Agency
The Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has been awarded the certificate of the ”audit berufundfamilie®” (workandfamily audit) for the second time today in Berlin in recognition of its status as a family-friendly employer. Minister for Family Affairs Ursula von der Leyen and Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Ms Dagmar Wöhrl, handed over the certificate of ... read more
Recovering more metal and plastics from waste
More household waste in Germany is meant to be recycled in future. To achieve this the Federal Government will step up separation of waste materials and upgrade the yellow bin (“Gelbe Tonne”) to a “recycling bin“. A higher rate of metals and plastics recovery can then be realised. ”Recovery will amount to some 7 kilos of high-grade materials per capita and year, which is currently still dispose... read more
The road from Seveso to today- from dioxins to POPs
An accident at the ICMESA chemicals plant near the town of Seveso on 10 July 1976 released a toxic cloud consisting mainly of dioxins and poisoning a densely populated area of six square kilometres. This environmental catastrophe finally triggered serious efforts to make the production and application of chemicals safe. The highly toxic 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7,8 TCDD) release... read more
Mineral oil residue in advent calendars can be avoided
There are many sources of mineral oils in food, and they can be reduced or eliminated entirely by taking a number of different measures. One important means is to use mineral oil-free printing inks which can greatly reduce the transfer of mineral oils. Even though technical adjustments to printing machines and inks may be necessary, mineral oil-free inks do not incur any significant additional ... read more
Taking a very close look at industrial enterprises
How much pollution does the factory in my neighbourhood produce? What chemicals are being released in wastewater to treatment facilities? Answers to these and many other questions can now be found on www.thru.de, the new web pages of Germany’s Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR). The Internet portal has information about the volumes of pollutants that industrial facilities are emitti... read more
