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The Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES) aims to help reorient and prioritize the application of digital technologies to meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution and waste. read more
Dear Reader,The website Distributing Drinking Water, Evaluation Criteria and Guidelineshas been updated as follows: 3rd amendment Silicone Transitional Recommendation Your department for Drinking Water and Swimming Pool Water Hygiene at UBA. read more
How dangerous are chemicals that we use and come into contact with every day? The "PARC" initiative of the European Union (EU), launched in Paris on 11 May 2022, is breaking new ground in the assessment of chemical substances. The aim is to improve knowledge about chemical substances in order to better protect human health and the environment. read more
Dear Reader, The website Distributing Drinking Water, Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines has been updated as follows:Link: Evaluation of factory soldered products in contact with drinking water Your department for Drinking Water and Swimming Pool Water Hygiene at UBA read more
Some of Europe’s population have alarmingly high levels of exposure to pollutants. This is the conclusion of the European human biomonitoring initiative HBM4EU, coordinated by UBA. Plasticisers were detected in all children and adolescents examined, and per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are also present in human blood in quantities that are in some cases too high. read more
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
The UBA’s motto, For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”), sums up our mission pretty well, we feel. In this video we give an insight into our work.
