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| Angewandte Chemie A journal of the GDCh |
Uncovering the photochemical conversion of atmospheric chlorinated organics on mineral dust: in-field evidence of a new source of dioxin | |
| FEDERAL | Drinking water tests conducted by BUND activists detected PFAS in 42 out of 46 samples. | |
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“Forever Lobbying Project” reveals tactics of the PFAS lobby | |
| German Society for Endocrinology | Open letter: European and global endocrine community call for legislative measures against chemicals with endocrine effects | |
| dpa-AFX Business News GmbH |
France is cracking down on perpetual chemicals | |
| YOU H German Environmental Aid ECHA |
Annually, 70,000 deaths are caused by particulate matter and more than 28,000 by nitrogen dioxide. ECHA adds five hazardous chemicals to the Candidate List and updates one entry |
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| eawag Water Research Institute of the ETH Domain |
EAWAG News: The devastating impact of humans on biodiversity | |
| Comprehensive catalog of questionable plastic chemicals | ||
ECOTOX |
Bioindicators and soil reference values for plant protection products | |
EEA |
The Zero Pollution Monitoring and Outlook 2025 Report and The Zero Pollution Monitoring Dashboard | |
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PFAS pollution in European water | |
| Health and environmental impacts of air pollution exposure remain high across Europe | ||
| EEB European Environmental Bureau |
'Forever Chemicals' poisoning Europe's waters and fish: The tip of the PFAS iceberg | |
Environmental Health News |
France passes controversial law banning acetamiprid | |
| European Commission | Report on the implementation of EU environmental law in the 27 EU member states published | |
European Metrology Network for Pollution Monitoring |
European Metrology Network for Pollution Monitoring | |
| GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel |
European initiative to recover old munitions from the seas | |
| Greenpeace | PFAS measurements of sea foam show high levels of contamination. | |
| Dangerous chemicals still found in Shein clothing: Greenpeace research 2025 | ||
| IGB Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries |
How tire abrasion pollutes waterways and endangers animals | |
| InfoSparrowhawk | PFAS: Denmark bans 23 pesticides | |
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KWB Competence Center Water Berlin |
PFAS in Europe and Berlin: The "PROMISCES" project provides answers | |
Nature Geoscience article |
Anthropogenic organic aerosol in Europe produced mainly through second-generation oxidation | |
| NTV | According to a meta-study, children are acutely endangered by plastic. | |
| Max Planck Institute for Chemistry | German satellite simultaneously records CO2 and NO2 from power plant emissions for the first time | |
MINAGRIS |
EU Horizon project MINAGRIS: Micro- and Nano-Plastics in AGRIcultural Soils | |
| Nature | Environmental impacts of polymeric flame retardant breakdown | |
| OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) |
OECD Synthesis Report on Understanding Perfluoropolyethers (PFPEs) and Their Life Cycle | |
Ecotoxicology Centre |
Quality criteria at the Ecotox Centre – new values and substances, new complete list | |
| PIK Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
Seven limits of planet Earth's resilience have been exceeded. | |
| Public Eye | Massive increase in pesticide exports from the EU | |
RPTURhineland-Palatinate Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau |
No data, no problem? How inadequate monitoring of chemical concentrations in the environment affects risk assessment. influenced |
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| UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research |
Without an intact natural environment, we will not be able to maintain our prosperity. | |
| Neurotoxic? New screening method for chemicals provides a quick answer | ||
| UBA Federal Environment Agency |
Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA): Assessment submitted for classification into new hazard classes | |
| Risk management for plant protection products | ||
| ChemSelect: The evaluation concept | ||
Environmental Institute Munich eV |
PFAS and pesticides – weak compromises in EU water protection | |
| Heidelberg University | New Lancet Countdown on Plastics and Health | |
| University of Duisburg-Essen | How microplastics are changing river ecology | |
| University of Gießen | Many unknown pollutants detected in cosmetics, care products and perfumes |
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BfG |
A new BfG study sheds new light on the function of river sediments as a sink for microplastics. | |
BfR |
The Online platform "PARCopedia" provides information about risks and facilitates professional exchange. | |
| Hormonally active chemicals: A question of dosage | ||
| FEDERAL Friends of Earth Germany |
Updated version of the BUND position paper “Challenges for a sustainable materials policy – the need for a transformation in a global context” | |
| The German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND) has launched a petition to Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach regarding restrictions on PFAS. | ||
World Chemicals Conference – what did it achieve? A commentary by BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany). |
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| BUMV Federal Ministry for the Environment |
Federal Cabinet adopts transformation report "Pollution-free environment" | |
| Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture | EU: No majority again for glyphosate approval in the appeals committee | |
| DPG German Health Portal |
Insecticides increase the risk of intestinal inflammation. | |
| DZNE German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases |
PFAS in the blood are ubiquitous and associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. | |
| EAWAG Water Research Institute of ETH Zurich |
Predicting the toxicity of chemicals with AI | |
ECHA |
ECHA identifies research needs for regulating hazardous chemicals | |
| ECHA consultation on PFAS restriction concluded | ||
EEBEuropean Environmental Bureau |
European Environmental Bureau: Briefing paper: tackling PFAS in drinking water | |
| EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research |
Environmental agreement is having an effect: Decline in ozone-depleting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere | |
| EuChemS European Chemical Society |
EuChemS-DCE survey on representation of Environmental Chemistry in programs of higher education | |
| European Environment Agency | Air pollution remains too high across Europe – still the biggest environmental health risk. | |
| European Parliament | EU Parliament calls for better treatment and reuse municipal wastewater |
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| FZ Jülich Jülich Research Centre |
The sky over Los Angeles: Rising temperatures are affecting air quality | |
| Global Tipping Points led by Professor Tim Lenton from the University of Exeter's Global Systems Institute |
Global Tipping Points Report 2023 | |
| iDIV German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig |
Agriculture without fertilizers and pesticides ultimately yields more benefits for everyone. | |
| IDW Information service for science |
Harmful effects of neonicotinoids on frog embryos have been demonstrated. | |
| INFO Sparrowhawk Online newspaper of the non-profit "Swiss Foundation for the Promotion of Independent Information " |
The US adopts strict maximum levels for PFAS in drinking water |
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| Drinking water contamination by chlorothalonil | ||
| Pesticide residues in Swiss drinking water | ||
INKOTA -Network eV |
Over 150,000 people are demanding an export ban on banned pesticides. | |
Journal of Hazardous Materials |
Luxembourg study on the link between cardiovascular diseases and Exposure to pollutants |
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| LANUV State Agency for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia |
Micropollutants in water bodies: Many wastewater treatment plants need to be expanded to remove micropollutants from wastewater. | |
MPI for Biogeochemistry Jena |
Emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide have increased by 40 percent since 1980. | |
| Ecotox Centre Switzerland | Swiss monitoring of biotopes of national importance for pesticides | |
| Ecotox Centre Switzerland detects UV filters in Lake Geschirnersee | ||
| PAN Germany Pesticide Action Network eV |
Protection against endocrine disruptors is still insufficient. | |
| Current PAN report: TFA in surface and groundwater | ||
| PIK Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
"An invaluable contribution to the well-being of our planet": Johan Rockström receives Tyler Prize for environmental achievements | |
Senckenberg Society for Natural Research |
Tire abrasion threatens freshwater | |
UBA |
German Environment Agency (UBA): Water resources must be better protected | |
| Current publications from the Federal Environment Agency | ||
| UFZ Environmental Research Centre |
Mapping of chemical footprints in European rivers | |
| Citizen science project FLOW shows: Small streams in Germany are in poor ecological condition | ||
| University of Bayreuth | Anja Ramsperger receives the Bavarian Culture Prize | |
| VSA Association of Swiss Wastewater and Water Protection Experts |
Impact of the Swiss action plan on plant protection products on flowing waters | |
| WWF WWF Germany Environmental Foundation |
Emissions from the 12 largest chemical parks in Germany | |
ZeroPollution4Water |
EU Research Cluster: ZeroPollution4Water |
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| AWI Alfred Wegener Institute |
Plastic waste in the Arctic comes from all over the world – including Germany. | |
| Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics | ||
BAuA |
NanoHarmony project publishes white paper on development of test guidelines |
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| Details on the proposed PFAS ban in the EU published | ||
BfG |
A new BfG study sheds new light on the function of river sediments as a sink for microplastics. | |
| BMEL Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
EU: No majority again for glyphosate approval in the appeals committee | |
| BR24 Bavarian Broadcasting |
High residue levels: Foodwatch calls for a ban on the insecticide acetamiprid | |
BSN |
Glyphosate herbicide can directly harm insects. |
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| BSH Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency |
Research project on ship exhaust recommends better monitoring of nitrogen oxide limits and restrictions on other air pollutants | |
| FEDERAL German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND) |
Updated version of the BUND position paper “Challenges for a sustainable materials policy – the need for a transformation in a global context” | |
| World Chemicals Conference – what did it achieve? A commentary by BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany). | ||
| BVL Federal Institute for Consumer Protection and Food Safety |
National reporting “Pesticide residues in Food |
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Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office |
Maximum levels for per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in food has been in effect since January 1, 2023 |
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| ECHA European Chemicals Agency |
Two new substances added to the SVHC candidate list | |
| ECHA identifies research needs for regulating hazardous chemicals | ||
| ECHA consultation on PFAS restriction concluded | ||
| ECOTOX Eco-center Switzerland |
New report on the determination of ecotoxicological reference values for soils | |
| European Environment Agency | Air pollution remains too high across Europe – still the biggest environmental health risk. | |
| European Council Council of the European Union |
EU Council reaches agreement on amendments to industrial emissions directive (IED) |
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| EUWIED Water and wastewater |
Industry associations: General ban on PFAS chemicals jeopardizes climate goals | |
| EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency |
Major environmental disaster in the USA: Train crash on February 3, 2023 near East Palestine | |
Forever Pollution Project |
The Forever Pollution Project: Journalists tracking PFAS across Europe | |
| FPF Food Packaging Forum |
Over 3000 chemicals have been detected in food packaging | |
| Goethe University Frankfurt am Main |
Continuous air monitoring for halogenated gases | |
| Nature Journals |
Nature Sustainability Article: Continuing large-scale global trade and illegal trade of highly hazardous chemicals | |
| Nature Water article: Predicting microplastic masses in river networks with high spatial resolution at country level | ||
| Ecotox Centre Switzerland | Swiss monitoring of biotopes of national importance for pesticides | |
| PARCopedia | The Online platform "PARCopedia" provides information about risks and facilitates professional exchange. | |
UBA |
German Environment Agency (UBA): Water resources must be better protected | |
| New publications from the Federal Environment Agency | ||
| New publications from the Federal Environment Agency | ||
| Bisphenol F and Bisphenol AF: ECHA confirms hormonal effects | ||
| 27/2023: Where spraying takes place, streams are damaged. | ||
| New Drinking Water Ordinance has come into force | ||
| UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research |
PFAS reduce the activity of immune cells | |
Austrian Federal Environment Agency |
PFAS Report 2022 | |
| New publications from the Federal Environment Agency | ||
| UNEP Environment Program |
UNEP Technical Report: Chemicals in Plastic | |
| University of Vienna | The new FWF Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes Drive Planetary Health" at the University of Vienna |
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| AGES Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety Ltd. |
EU Horizon project MINAGRIS | |
| AWI Alfred Wegener Institute |
The effects of plastic pollution in the oceans on marine species, biodiversity and ecosystems | |
| BaFu Swiss Federal Office for the Environment |
Plastics in the environment – Summary information from the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU) |
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| Bavarian State Office for the Environment | Preliminary guidelines for the assessment of PFAS contamination in water and soil (July 2022) |
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BfR |
How do cells react to micro- and nanoplastics? | |
FEDERAL |
New study: Environmental pollution from chemicals and plastics has exceeded the planet's limits – Humanity's natural resources are threatened | |
| Chemical Science International Journal |
Chemistry Must Respond to the Crisis of Transgression of Planetary Boundaries | |
DVGW |
DVGW research project: Development of a method for low-discrimination enrichment for effect-directed analysis of water samples (acronym: DA-EDA) | |
ECHA |
Consultation: ECHA proposes restriction on PFASs in firefighting foams |
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| EFSA European Food Safety Authority |
EFSA publishes report on pesticide residues on food | |
| Bees and pesticides: draft guidance update for public consultation | ||
EGU |
The “Cryosphere” article: First evidence of microplastics in Antarctic snow | |
Environmental Science & Technology |
Outside the Safe Operating Space of a New Planetary Boundary for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | |
| EUA European Environment Agency |
Pollution causes 10% of all cancer cases in Europe. | |
| EuChemS European Chemical Society |
ENVI Committee votes on Persistent Organic Pollutants | |
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The Burlington Consensus | |
European Commission |
European Commission to introduce tighter control of F-gases and ODS | |
| ECHA European Chemical Agency |
Four new SVHC substances on the candidate list | |
| European Council Council of the European Union |
The EU Council formally adopts further restrictions on “perpetual chemicals” in waste. | |
| IKK Institute for Plastics and Circular Economy Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Leibniz University Hannover |
EU-funded research project on the analysis of aquatic degradation mechanisms of polymer materials at the University of Hanover | |
| Infosperber Online newspaper of the "Swiss Foundation for the Promotion of Independent Information" |
California is suing PFAS manufacturers 3M and DuPont | |
| IUTA Institute for Energy and Environmental Technology eV |
IUTA research project: Development of a method for receptor-specific enrichment of hormones and endocrine disruptors | |
| Eco-center Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology of Switzerland |
New EU guidelines for sediment management | |
| PAN Germany Pesticide Action Network |
EU citizens' initiative demands binding pesticide reduction in Germany and Europe | |
Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt |
Deep Sea End of the Line: Microplastics pollute the seabed even more than previously thought | |
UBA |
Ecosystems more sensitive to nitrogen pollution than previously assumed |
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Refinement of the P assessment of ionizable substances Assessment criteria for other pollutants and pollutant groups in soils not yet included in the BBodSchV Emerging and legacy organic contaminants in the polar regions Supplementary Report to the Stockholm Convention 2020 Are substances more persistent than the test systems suggest? The use of biocides in animal housing |
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Pesticide approvals undermine environmental protection |
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UNEP |
Conference aims to negotiate agreements against plastic waste | |
| A step forward at UN Environment Assembly towards reducing global pollution | ||
| International Day of Clean Air for blue skies | ||
| UN Ocean Conference 2022: 198 countries adopt the Lisbon Declaration | ||
| United Nations General Assembly declared Environmental Rights and Governance | ||
| Water Research | Mapping unknown chemical contaminants in Swiss waters | |
| WWF World Wide Fund for Nature |
Brazilian President Bolsonaro legalizes environmentally destructive and health-endangering gold mining in the Amazon. |
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| Agroscope Swiss research for agriculture, food and environment |
Agroscope study: pesticides in Swiss agricultural soils | |
| AWI Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research |
Alfred Wegener Institute: Climate change leads to large ozone losses over the Arctic |
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BfR |
PFAS in food: BfR confirms critical exposure to industrial chemicals | |
| New BfR concept for identifying potential health risks relevant chemical combinations |
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| BEUC European Consumer Organization |
Toxic chemicals in nonplastic disposable tableware, consumer test reveals | |
| BMBF Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Five-year program of the Federal Government for water research: Water: N – Research and innovation for sustainability | |
| Federal Government/ Bundestag | First reading in the German Bundestag: Discussion of the demand to stop pesticide exports | |
| Amendment to the Nature Conservation Act adopted | ||
EAWAG |
Short-term spikes in pollutant concentrations in water bodies are greatly underestimated. | |
EuChemS |
ECHA updated the Candidate List with 8 new chemicals | |
| New rule on transparency of the EU risk assessment in the food chain | ||
| European Commission | EU Commission welcomes ECJ ruling on air pollution in Germany | |
| European Commission sets out plan for zero emissions target until 2050 |
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| EU research consortium Polyrisk EU research consortium “PlasticsFaTe” EU project “Macro- and Microplastic in Agricultural Soil Systems - SOPLAS” |
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| European Council | European Council approves conclusions on the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability | |
| Fraunhofer Society | Plastics in the environment: Emissions into agricultural soils | |
| Goethe University Frankfurt | Floods: Toxins from the riverbed | |
| Greenpeace | Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in slaughterhouse wastewater | |
| Hereon Helmholtz Centre |
The Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht will become the Helmholtz Centre Hereon | |
IPCP |
Sign-on Campaign: Developing a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste | |
| Interreg | Cross-border research project CoMinGreat | |
| LFU Bavaria Bavarian State Office for the Environment |
Project “PureAlps” completed | |
Environmental defense |
Court decision in the case of oil pollution of the Niger Delta by Shell | |
| myScience | Call for a global scientific council for chemicals and waste management | |
NIVA |
JPI Oceans: Policy paper published: Knowledge hub on the integrated assessment of chemical contaminants and their effects on the marine environment | |
| Science Journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
New insights into anthropogenic ecosystem transformation in the age of the Holocene |
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UBA |
UBA Texts 113/2021: Combined chemical and ecotoxicological monitoring of pollutants in water bodies |
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UBA Texts 75/2021: Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and -furans (PCDD/F) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in ambient air and deposition in the rural background of Germany UBA texts 73/2021: Persistent degradation products of halogenated refrigerants and blowing agents in the environment: type, environmental concentrations, and fate with particular regard to new halogenated substitutes with low global warming potential UBA Texts 69/2021: Phosphonates in washing and cleaning agents and their fate in the environment – Development of analytical methods and their practical application to samples of surface water, wastewater and sediment UBA Texts 44/2021: Development of an ecotoxicological assessment approach for soils based on the bioavailable fraction of pollutants, taking into account the different filtering and buffering properties of soils UBA Texts 36/2021: Persistent degradation products of halogenated refrigerants and propellants in the environment: type, environmental concentrations and their future use with special consideration of new halogenated substitutes with low global warming potential Environmental data - Environmental Monitor 2020 (March 2021) UBA Texts 14/2021: Impact of a major airport on time-related and spatial distributions of outdoor air concentrations of ultrafine particles < 100 nm Scan4Chem app for chemicals in products available in 15 countries |
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UBA texts 29/2021: Effects of ground-level ozone on vegetation modified by nitrogen and components of climate change: a literature study |
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UFZ |
EU project PrecisionTox starts | |
| UNEP | UNEP report highlights health risks from water pollution |
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| Aquatic Pollutants | European Call “Aquatic Pollutants | ||
BFG |
Environmental radioactivity: BfG publishes unique data set | ||
| BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment |
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Draft from the European Food Safety Authority open for public comment. | ||
| BMU Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
Nitrate levels in groundwater are decreasing slightly – phosphorus pollution of rivers and Lakes remain unchanged |
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| FEDERAL German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND) |
Position paper of the BUND Federal Working Group on Environmental Chemicals and toxicology | ||
| DBU Funding initiative of the German Federal Environmental Foundation |
DBU funding initiative “Avoidance and reduction of pesticides in the environment” | ||
| EAWAG Water Research Institute of the ETH Domain |
The next pandemic is foreseeable – it's time to take the ecological crisis seriously. | ||
| ECHA European Chemical Agency |
ECHA's Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) backs restricting intentional uses of microplastics | ||
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| EFSA European Food Safety Authority |
Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment for the active substance sulfoxaflor | ||
| European Court of Auditors | EU Special Report 05/2020: Sustainable use of plant protection products: limited progress in measuring and reducing risks | ||
| GermanWatch | Thinking about the Corona and climate crises together in the EU: Lessons from the Corona crisis | ||
| JPI Oceans JPI Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans |
JPI-Oceans International Research Project: MICROPLASTIX (2020 - 2023) | ||
| LFU Bavaria Bavarian State Office for the Environment |
BayÖkotox project consortium – Ecotoxicological assessment of substances in the environment | ||
| Detection of persistent chemicals even in remote areas | |||
| MPI Mainz Max Planck Institute for Chemistry |
Coronavirus lockdowns: Cleaner air saves lives | ||
| Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer protection |
Consumption recommendation for fish from rivers in Lower Saxony with regard to perfluorinated alcohols (PFAS) | ||
| RSPB The Royal Society Publishing |
Pesticides impair baby bee brain development | ||
| Science journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Neonicotinoids disrupt aquatic food webs and decrease fishery yields (Article) | ||
| Science Direct | Journal MethodsX: New Special Issue:Microplastics Analysis | ||
| Springer Nature Publishing group |
DEAL: Open Access agreement for Germany with Springer Nature | ||
| UBA Federal Environment Agency |
UBA Texts 86/2020: Robustness study on the absorption availability of pollutants in soils | ||
| UBA Texts 110/2020: Application of passive samplers in monitoring programs according to the WFD and MSFD | |||
| UBA texts 114/2020: Potential SVHCs in environments and products | |||
| UBA Texts 137/2020: Remediation management for local and widespread PFAS contamination | |||
| UBA Texts 145/2020: Investigation into the causes of the proven water pollution with rodenticides (PBT substances) | |||
| Pollutants in the PRTR – Situation in Germany – Reporting years 2007 - 2018 | |||
| UBA press release: Children and adolescents have too much PFAS in their blood | |||
| Sustainable ways out of the economic crisis | |||
| REACH Compliance: Data availability in REACH registrations – Part 3: Evaluation of 100 to 1000 tpa substances | |||
| Pathways of lead entry into the human body | |||
| Human biomonitoring of perfluorinated chemicals – development of a proposal for deriving an HBMII value each for PFOA and PFOS | |||
| Assessment of the endocrine potential of bisphenol alternatives in environmentally relevant uses | |||
| REACH: Improvement of guidance and methods for the identification and assessment of PMT/vPvM substances | |||
| Protecting the sources of our drinking water: The criteria for identifying persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT) substances and very persistent and very mobile (vPvM) substances under EU Regulation REACH (EC) No 1907/2006 |
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| Potential SVHC in environment and articles – information collection with the aim to prepare restriction proposals for PFAS | |||
| Development of a method to determine the bioaccumulation of manufactured nanomaterials in filtering organisms (Bivalvia) | |||
| UBA brochure: Plastics in the environment | |||
| UNICEF | Report by UNICEF and Pure Earth: 800 million children affected by lead poisoning | ||
VDI |
VDI TECHNICAL RULE 2020-03: Critical dose parameters for ozone | ||
| shared apartment Society of Water Chemistry |
Guideline: Application of non-target screening using LC-ESI-HRMS in water analysis | ||
| WHO World Health Organisation |
WHO report: Microplastics in drinking water | ||
| ZFMK Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig |
Establishment of a Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring (ZBM) | ||
| ZMT Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research |
MicroplastiX – Subproject Coastal Ecosystems |
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| Angewandte Chemie magazine |
Hundreds of halogenated compounds were detected for the first time in the blood serum of polar bears from the mid-1980s. | |
BfR |
Reducing aluminium intake can minimize potential health risks. | |
| BfR: New health-related guideline values for the industrial chemicals PFOS and PFOA | ||
| REACH Compliance Workshop at the BfR | ||
| BMU Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
Results of Phase 2 of the stakeholder dialogue "Federal Government's Trace Substance Strategy" on the implementation of measures for reducing trace substance inputs into water bodies | |
| CIEL Center for International Environmental Law |
Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet | |
| EAWAG Research institution of the ETH Domain |
Review article in "Nature Sustainability" on the Montreal Protocol | |
| Pesticide breakdown products pollute Swiss groundwater | ||
| Too many pesticides in small streams in Switzerland | ||
| Ecology & Evolution Nature Research Ecology & Evolution Community |
Drugs in Bugs: Aquatic insects accumulate pharmaceuticals and introduce them into food chains. |
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| Environmentalmetal Science and Technology | Study on the degradation behavior of different types of plastic | |
| European Parliament | pesticides: EU Parliament approves proposals for a better EU approval process | |
| FONA Research for Sustainable Development, BMBF |
Research initiative for the conservation of biodiversity - A FONA flagship initiative | |
| HGZ Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht, Institute for Coastal Research |
coastMap - the marine geoportal of the Institute for Coastal Research | |
| DPG German Society for Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine |
Position paper of the German Society for Pneumology (DGP) published: 'Breathing: Air pollutants and health' | |
| IPBES Science and Policy for People and Nature |
IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services | |
| KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Fine dust pollutes the air over Africa | |
| LAWA Federal/State Working Group on Water |
LAWA report on groundwater quality – plant protection products – reporting period 2013 to 2016 | |
| Leopoldina National Academy of Sciences |
Silent Spring – On the necessity of environmentally friendly plant protection | |
LFU |
LfU Report: Per- and polyfluorinated chemicals in Bavaria - Investigations 2006 – 2018 | |
| MDR ARD magazine "Fakt" |
Pesticide use permitted in hundreds of nature reserves | |
| MLU Halle Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg |
Field trial with neonicotinoids: Honeybees are significantly more robust than bumblebees. | |
| MPI Max Planck Institute for Chemistry |
Study by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz: Factory farming is the main source of particulate matter | |
| OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OECD Report: Pharmaceutical Residues in Freshwater | |
| Ecotox Centre Switzerland | Joint study by EAWAG and the Swiss Ecotox Centre: Detection of pyrethroid and organophosphate insecticides in Swiss streams in the pg L –1 range | |
| SCHEER Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks |
Statement on emerging health and environmental issues (2018), adopted on 20th December 2018. |
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| UBA Federal Environment Agency |
Occurrence of fragrances from washing and cleaning agents in wastewater and surface waters – a literature review | |
| The database "Pharmaceuticals in the Environment" - Update and new analysis | ||
| Concept for the implementation of the new environmental quality standards for priority substances in fish (Directive 2013/39/EU) | ||
| Development of an analytical method for the quantification of surfactants and its application to wastewater treatment plant effluents | ||
| Analysis of studies and research projects regarding the detection of nanomaterials in different environmental compartments and deduction of need for action regarding method development | ||
| For the first time, chemical exposure levels in the body can be compared across Europe. | ||
| UBA brochure: Plastics in the environment | ||
| UBA background document: Air quality 2018 - Preliminary evaluation | ||
| UBA texts 106/2018 and 107/2018: Impacts of Heavy Metal Emission on Air Quality and Ecosystems across Germany – Sources, Transport, Deposition and potential Hazards | ||
UFZ |
Risk assessment of pesticides: Scientists call for a revision of the approval process. | |
| CITEPro “Chemicals in the Environment Profiler”, managed by the Department Cell Toxicology, UFZ Halle-Leipzig |
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| UN Environment | UNEP: Global Chemicals Outlook II | |
| WHO | WHO study on microplastics in drinking water |
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| Bavarian State Office for the Environment | Development of pesticide pollution in Bavarian waters – a review after 30 years of pesticide monitoring | |
| BLGL Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety |
BLGL final report: Human biomonitoring of perfluorinated substances in parts of the district of Altötting | |
| BMU Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
Stricter EU rules for plasticizers in plastics |
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| CWPharma Clear Water from Pharmaceuticals |
EU Interreg 2 (Baltic Sea Region) Research Project "CWPharma – Removal of pharmaceuticals from water" |
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DBU |
German Environmental Award goes to marine biologist Boetius and Leipzig wastewater experts | |
| EAWAG Water Research Institute of the ETH Domain |
Deducing water quality from trout genes | |
| ECHA European Chemicals Agency |
REACH candidate list: Cyclosiloxanes as SVHC identified |
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| The EU recognizes Bisphenol A as a substance of very high concern. | ||
EFSA |
Scientific Opinion on the state of the art of Toxicokinetic/Toxicodynamic (TKTD) effect models for regulatory risk assessment of pesticides for aquatic organisms. | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/18 |
| Update on how EFSA evaluates genotoxicity | ||
| EMPA | Tracing the atmosphere: On the trail an ozone killer |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/18 |
ECJ |
Too much nitrate in groundwater: ECJ condemns Germany |
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| ECJ: Confirmation of the restriction of 3 Neonicotinoids |
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| EU Parliament | EU Parliament establishes special committee on Pesticides – focus on glyphosate |
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| European Commission | EU Plastics Strategy – single-use plastics targeted |
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IBG |
An underestimated danger: microplastics on dry land | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/18 |
KOMS |
Inventory of the trace substance situation of Wastewater treatment plants in Baden-Württemberg |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/18 |
Ministry for Environment, Climate and |
New decree establishes assessment criteria for possible PFC contamination of groundwater and Seepage water away |
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| SETAC Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
Critical Review: Toward Sustainable Environment Quality: Priority Research Questions for Europe |
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UBA |
Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze presents plan for phasing out glyphosate | |
| Background paper from the German Environment Agency (UBA) on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in the environment | ||
| Scientific Opinion Paper: A blind spot in the assessment of POP/PBT/vPvB properties | ||
| UBA Background Paper: 1987–2017: 30th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol |
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| UBA Texts 79/2018: PINETI-3: | ||
| NO2 pollution 2017 – updated data available |
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| Recommendations for reducing micropollutants in water bodies | ||
| Quantification of environmentally induced disease burden due to nitrogen dioxide exposure in Germany | ||
| Workshop: Implementing the Stockholm Framework Convention in Germany |
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| UBA Background Paper on Air Quality 2017 – Preliminary Evaluation | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/18 | |
| UBA texts 09/2018: Assessment of persistence, mobility and toxicity (PMT) of 167 REACH registered substances |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/18 | |
| UBA Texts 04/2018: Residues of anticoagulants applied as rodenticides in wild biota | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/18 | |
| UBA texts 114/2017: Are biocide emissions into the environment already at alarming levels? |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/18 | |
| Federal Environment Agency Austria |
UBA-Austria: Derived tolerance values for selected pharmaceutical active ingredients in drinking water | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/18 |
| UN Environment | UNEP Overview Reports on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Now Publicly Available | |
| VDI Association of German Engineers |
Emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases through motor vehicle traffic |
| institution | title | source |
|---|---|---|
| BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment |
Nanoparticles: Where do they go, and how do they change? | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/17 |
| BVL Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety |
Lead and cadmium in costume jewelry | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/17 |
| BMU Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety |
Diesel cars: Software updates are not sufficient for clean air |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/17 |
| Recommendations of the Federal Ministry for the Environment for the implementation of PFC research projects |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/17 | |
| EAWAG Water Research Institute of the ETH Domain Switzerland |
EAWAG study: Arsenic risk in Pakistan much greater than previously thought | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/17 |
| EAWAG study: Pharmaceuticals in water restrict plankton diversity | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 | |
| Persistently high pesticide levels in small Swiss streams |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 | |
| ECHA European Chemical Agency |
Data on 15,000 chemicals now available for use | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 |
| Glyphosate not classified as a carcinogen by ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 | |
| EFSA European Food Safety Authority |
EU report on antimicrobial resistance | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 |
| EFSA-OpenFoodTox: Open Access to Scientific Output | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/17 | |
| Endocrine disruptors: EFSA and ECHA outline guidance plans | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/17 | |
| EEA European Environment Agency |
More action is needed to protect the natural environment and people's health | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/17 |
| European water policies and human health — Combining reported environmental information | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/17 | |
| European Commission | The Environmental Implementation Review (EIR) | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/17 |
| European Commission registers 'Ban Glyphosate' European Citizens' Initiative | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/17 | |
| Reduction of national emissions of atmospheric pollutants | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/17 | |
| European Council Council of the European Union |
EU is ready to ratify the Minamata Convention on Mercury |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 |
| EU Science Hub European Commission's science and knowledge service |
Towards updated EU environmental standards for waste treatment |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 |
Department of Geosciences |
New DFG Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1253 “CAMPOS - Catchment as Reactors: Metabolism of Pollutants on the Catchment Scale” | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/17 |
| LABO Federal/State Working Group on Soil Protection |
Updated background values for inorganic and organic substances in soils | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/17 |
PNAS |
Assessment of the current state of research into interactions between nanoparticles and dissolved organic matter (DOM) |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 |
| UBA Federal Environment Agency |
Diesel cars: Software updates are not sufficient for clean air |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/17 |
| REACH: Bisphenol A and Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) classified as substances of very high concern |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/17 | |
| NeuroBox – Assessment of neurotoxic effects in the water cycle | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/17 | |
| Suitability of laboratory simulation tests for the identification of persistence in surface waters | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/17 | |
| Joint effects of pharmaceuticals and chemicals regulated under REACH in wastewater treatment plant effluents – Evaluating concepts for a risk assessment by means of experimental scenarios |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/17 | |
| Evaluation of monitoring data on POPs, POP candidates and substitutes to clarify causes, pathways and trends of environmental pollution | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/17 | |
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Development and dissemination of antibiotic resistance in the environment under environmentally relevant concentrations of antibiotics and its risk assessment |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 |
| UBA texts 15/2017 on biocide inputs into the environment | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 | |
| UBA texts 24/2017: Development of cornerstones for a monitoring program for the assessment of biocide emissions into the environment | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 | |
| UBA technical brochure: Concepts for reducing the release of pharmaceuticals from livestock farming into the environment | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 | |
| The German Federal Environment Agency wants to better protect drinking water from "mobile" pollutants. | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/17 | |
| UBA Texts 74/2016: Recommendations for a Test battery for ecotoxicological assessment the environmental compatibility of building products |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/17 | |
| UBA texts 82/21016: Aggregated Environmental Exposure Assessment and Risk Characterization of Biocidal Products | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/17 | |
environment.nrw |
TFA in bodies of water and drinking water in North Rhine-Westphalia | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/17 |
| institution | title | source |
|---|---|---|
| AWI Alfred Wegener Institute |
Microplastic particles in edible fish and Herbivores |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/16 |
| Bavarian State Office for the Environment | New funding project from the Bavarian Ministry of the Environment: "PureAlps" | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 |
| Final report: Studies on the accumulation of various persistent pollutants in terrestrial wild animals | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 | |
| ECHA European Chemicals Agency |
Launch of endocrine active substances information system (EASIS) | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/16 |
| EEA European Environment Agency |
Many Europeans still exposed to harmful air pollution | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/16 |
| Europe reduced use of ozone layer-harming chemicals in 2015 | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/16 | |
| EFSA European Food Safety Authority |
pesticides: breakthrough in cumulative risk assessment | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/16 |
| Public Consultation on the draft update of the guidance of the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) Scientific Committee on the use of the benchmark dose approach in risk assessment |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 | |
| EuChMS European Chemical Sciences |
The Seville Declaration on the use of chlorine in warfare | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/16 |
| Chemists Urge Israel to Ban Chemical Weapons | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 | |
| GT eV Society for toxicology |
Arsenic pollution from food in Europe | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/16 |
| ITEM Fraunhofer Institute for toxicology and Experimental medicine |
Changing toxicology - Fraunhofer ITEM participates in European research project "EU-ToxRisk" | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/16 |
| LAWA Federal / State Working Group on Water |
Report on the state of knowledge and discussion regarding mercury pollution in waters and the relevant relevance of airborne sources | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/16 |
| OECD | OECD report: Costs of global air pollution are likely to increase significantly by 2060 | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 |
| PAN Germany Pesticide Action Network eV |
Open letter from German NGOs to the Federal Environment Minister | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/16 |
| Karlsruhe Regional Council | Groundwater contamination with trifluoroacetic acid | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/16 |
| Societa Chimica Italiana | The Italian Chemical Society's Position on Climate Change | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 |
| SWR | SWR-Report: Environmental scandal in Mittelbaden: data and facts on PFC contamination | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/16 |
UBA |
Determination of potentially POP-containing waste and recycling materials - derivation of limit values | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/16 |
| Protection of Biodiversity in the Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Pesticides | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/16 | |
| Investigations on the presence and behavior of precursors to perfluoroalkyl substances in the environment as a preparation of regulatory measures | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/16 | |
| Glyphosate content in urine samples from the environmental specimen bank over time (2001 to 2015) | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/16 | |
| UBA texts 38/2016: POP and Hg emissions from waste management plants |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 | |
| UBA texts 54/2016: Clarification of the causes of veterinary medicinal products found in groundwater - investigation locations at risk of entry in northern Germany |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 | |
| UBA background paper: nanomaterials in the Environment |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 | |
| UBA-Texte 57/2016: Gaps in the assessment of biocides | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 | |
| UBA-Texte 60/2016: Measures to reduce the entry of micropollutants into water - phase 2 | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 | |
| Harmonization of environmental exposure assessment for veterinary pharmaceuticals and biocides | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/16 | |
| The Water Framework Directive - Germany's waters 2015 |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/16 | |
| Pharmaceuticals in the environment: Global occurrence and potential cooperative action under the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/16 | |
| Federal Environment Agency Austria | Active pharmaceutical ingredients in the environment: New study by the Austrian Environment Agency | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 |
| Report 0577 (Umweltbundesamt Wien): Brominated flame retardants in the environment | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/16 | |
| University of Basel | Smallest plastic particles: The Rhine is one of the most polluted rivers in the world | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/16 |
| institution | title | source |
|---|---|---|
BAuA |
BAuA study: professional Exposure to PAHs and Laryngeal Cancer - A Systematic Review |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/15 |
| BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment |
BfR research project shows: The database of many REACH registration dossiers must be completed |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/15 |
| Communication No. 005/2015 of the BfR dated February 19, 2015 on bisphenol A exposure | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/15 | |
| BfG Federal Institute for Hydrology |
New EU water research project "FRAME" started | 2015 Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/15 |
| BMBF Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
Europe-wide research program on microplastics in marine systems started | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/15 |
BMUB |
Eight years of REACH - positive balance, but much remains to be done (joint press release by BMUB and UBA of December 1, 2014) | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/15 |
| Federal Office for Environment, Bern (Switzerland) |
National soil observation in Switzerland (NABO) 1985 - 2009 | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/15 |
| BVL Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety |
German guideline for the evaluation of pesticide mixtures | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/15 |
| National reporting on "Pesticide residues in food" | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/15 | |
| EFSA European Food Safety Authority |
Acrylamide in food is a public health problem | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/15 |
| Nano in food and agriculture: regulations require collaboration to ensure safety | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/15 | |
| The 2012 European Union (EFSA) Report on pesticide residues in food: Over 97% of foods in EU contain pesticide residues within legal limits | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/15 | |
| EFSA call for new scientific information on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/15 | |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Recent International Developments under the Montreal Protocol concerning hydrofluorocarbons | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/15 |
EU |
Pesticides: Experts endorse new EU list of candidates for substitution | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/15 |
| EU proposes global phase-down of HFCs under Montreal Protocol | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/15 | |
| European proposal Commission on the prohibition of 4 Phthalates in all electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/15 | |
| Air quality: Members of European Parliament approve new national caps on pollutants | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/15 | |
| More efficient monitoring of drinking water | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/15 | |
| The European Commission organizes a consultation on a possible restriction of hazardous substances (CMR 1A and 1B) in textile articles and clothing for consumer use under Article 68 (2) of Regulation EC No 1907/2006 (REACH). |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/15 | |
| EuCheMS European Chemical Sciences |
EuCheMS on the 100 years of chemical weapons memory and responsible science | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/15 |
| European Environment Agency | The European Environment State and Outlook 2015 - SOER 2015 | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/15 |
| Fraunhofer IGB | Drinking water check Germany - Every sixth sample exceeds limit value |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/15 |
| GDCh German Chemical Society |
"No ifs or buts" - water chemists demand disclosure of all fracking chemicals | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/15 |
| New insights into the assessment of the health effects of cosmetic products | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/15 | |
| JRC Institute of Health and Consumer Protection of the Joint Research Center of the European Commission |
Interlaboratory comparison study of the Colony Forming Efficiency assay for assessing cytotoxicity of nanomaterials | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/15 |
| JRC report: First Watch List for emerging water pollutants | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/15 | |
| Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg | New research network Eff-Net to investigate the effects of micropollutants in water | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/15 |
| MPI Max Planck Institute for Chemistry |
Climate change will increase the accumulation of DDT in the Arctic | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/15 |
| OECD Organization for economic cooperation and development |
OECD releases new data on nanomaterials - registrants asked to consider the information | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/15 |
| UBA Federal Environment Agency |
UBA texts 25/2015: Exam and validation of the possible uses New type of passive collector for the monitoring of priority pollutants under the WFD, the MSFD and within the framework of HELCOM and OSPAR in the period 01.01.2010 - 30.10.2012 |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/15 |
| UBA texts 28/2015: Environmental problems in agriculture: 30 years of the SRU special report - a balance sheet | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/15 | |
| UBA position paper biocides: Proposal for a European approach to sustainable, environmentally sound use |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/15 | |
| Eight years of REACH - positive results, but much remains to be done (Joint press release by BMUB and UBA from 1.12.2014) |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/15 | |
| Air quality 2014: nitrogen dioxide becomes a pollutant Number one (UBA press release no.5 from 02/09/2015) |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/15 | |
| Mitigation measures the entry of micropollutants into the Waters - short report (UBA-texts 86/2014) |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/15 | |
| Proposal for a concerted European approach towards a sustainable use (UBA position 12/2014) |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/15 | |
| Federal Environment Agency Austria | Antifouling agents in waters: first investigation in Austrian ports | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/15 |
| UFZ Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research |
Global aquatic risk from agrochemicals | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/15 |
| UKL University Hospital Leipzig |
International research project examines the effects of chemicals on the hormonal balance | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/15 |
| University of Leipzig | Postgraduate Studies in Analytics & spectroscopy at the University of Leipzig |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/15 |
| WECF Woman in Europe for a Common Future |
ChildProtect-Life - Protecting Children's Health from Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/15 |
WHO |
WHO Regional Office Europe press release on potential asbestos exposure in the workplace | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/15 |
| WWF World Wildlife Fund |
Nitrogen: too much of a vital resource | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/15 |
| TFSP Task Force on Systemic pesticides |
Worldwide integrated assessment on systemic pesticides |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/15 |
| institution | title | source |
|---|---|---|
BfR |
Are pesticides in their applied composition more hazardous to health than their active ingredients? |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/14 |
| Restriction of carcinogenic PAHs in consumer products | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/14 | |
BMBF |
RiSKWa guideline "Polar organic trace substances as indicators in the anthropogenically influenced water cycle" published | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/14 |
| BVL Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety |
3. Report on antibiotic consumption and the spread of antibiotic resistance in human and veterinary medicine | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/14 |
| CVUA Freiburg Investigation offices for food monitoring and animal health Baden-Würtemberg |
Annual Report 2013: Plant Protection Products and Organic Contaminants in foods of animal origin |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/14 |
| EFSA European Food Safety Authority |
EFSA Risk Assessment Guidance for Plant Protection Products |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/14 |
| Public discussion of the EFSA draft opinion to acrylamide in food |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/14 | |
| New methodology to identify chemical risks in the food and feed chain |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/14 | |
| EMBO | MPG Research News (May 12, 2014): Endocrine disruptors impair human sperm function |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/14 |
| ESCAPE project | EU study ESCAPE: Increased risk of death from air pollution | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/14 |
| EuCheMS European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences |
EuCheMS urges action against climate change | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/14 |
| Public Consultation on the Ratification by the EU of the Minamata Convention on Mercury | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/14 | |
| European Environmental Agency | Costs of air pollution from European industrial facilities 2008?2012 - an updated assessment |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/14 |
| GDCh German Chemical Society |
Analytica Conference 2014 in Munich: On April 1st, particulate matter is on the agenda | GDCh press release 06/14 |
| The 5th status report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows that chemistry still has a lot to do | GDCh press release 15/14 | |
JRC |
Chemical pollutant mixtures: how safe are they? | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/14 |
| EC-JRC-report: Considerations on information needs for nanomaterials in consumer products | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/14 | |
LUWG |
Results of the groundwater monitoring Rhineland-Palatinate 2011/12 on active ingredients in pesticides, relevant and "not relevant" Metabolites, drug residues and perfluorinated surfactants |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/14 |
| Task Force of Systematic Pesticides | Worldwide integrated systemic assessment pesticides |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/14 |
| UBA Federal Environment Agency |
UBA texts 72/2014: Environmental hazard of selected TiO2 nanomaterials under consideration of relevant exposure scenarios |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/14 |
| Mixtures in the Environment - Development of Assessment Strategies for the Regulation of Chemicals under REACH | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/14 | |
| From theory to reality - Evaluation of suitable organisms and test systems for the biomonitoring of pharmaceuticals (Part I: Literature review) | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/14 | |
| Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity of Nanoparticles - Assessment of Current Knowledge as Basis for Regulation | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/14 | |
| Identification of relevant emission pathways to the environment and quantification of environmental exposure for bisphenol A | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/14 | |
| Medicines in the environment are a global challenge | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/14 | |
| Protection of biodiversity of free living birds and mammals in respect of the effects of pesticides | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/14 | |
| Antibiotics and antiparasitics in the groundwater under locations with high livestock density |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/14 | |
| Inventory and Effectiveness of measures air pollution control |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/14 | |
| Medicines in the environment - avoid, reduce, monitor |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/14 | |
| Dioxins and dioxin-like ones PCB in the environment and food chains |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/14 | |
| Particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide continue to have a negative impact on health in 2013 | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/14 | |
| Georeferenced Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Pesticides |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/14 | |
| Ecotoxicological combined effects from chemical mixtures Part 1 and 2 | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/14 | |
| Mobility, fate and behavior of TiO2 nanomaterials in different environmental media |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/14 |
| institution | title | source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAuA Federal Institute for Occupational safety and Health |
Effectively regulate nanomaterials with the REACH regulation | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/13 | |
| BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment |
Health assessment of perchlorate found in food | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/13 | |
| Plasticizer DEHP is mainly ingested through food | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/13 | ||
| recommendations for evaluation of multiple residues of pesticides in food |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/13 | ||
| Effectively regulate nanomaterials with the REACH regulation | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/13 | ||
| Blacksmith Institute | The world's ten worst polluted places Current Report No. 8 from the Green Cross and the Blacksmith Institute |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/13 | |
| EEA European Environment Agency |
Europe's environment now healthier – but new risks emerging |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/13 | |
| EEA Press Release: Air pollution still harming health across Europe (15.10.2013) | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/13 | ||
| EFSA European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy |
Scientific opinion on the identification of pesticides to be included in cumulative assessment groups on the basis of their toxicological profile | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/13 | |
| European Commission | FP7 Environment 2013 - Water Innovation & Demonstration Projects Call | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/13 | |
| European Environment Agency | The 2013 Berlaymont Declaration on Endocrine Disrupters | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/13 | |
LFU |
LfU research project for the purification of PFC-containing water - Bavarian State Office for the Environment operates a pilot plant at Nuremberg Airport | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/13 | |
IWS |
EU research project "NanoRem" | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/13 | |
| UBA Federal Environment Agency |
New limit for lead in the Drinking water |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/13 | |
| REACH: EU particularly confirms properties of concern for chemical in outdoor clothing |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/13 | ||
| Plasticizer DEHP is mainly ingested through food | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/13 | ||
| Global end for HBCD flame retardants | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/13 | ||
| New website Thru.de provides information on environmental quality in Germany |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/13 | ||
| Europe-wide mothers and children examined for pollutants | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/13 | ||
| Effectively regulate nanomaterials with the REACH regulation | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/13 | ||
| pesticides can endanger amphibians - need for action with plant protection products | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/13 | ||
| Ring test: transformation of veterinary pharmaceuticals and biocides in liquid manure |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/13 | ||
| REACH limits environmental toxins in outdoor clothing |
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| UFZ Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research |
New center for water research TU Dresden and UFZ pool their capacities |
UFZ press information from 01.10.13 |
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| UNEP United Nations Environment Programme |
WHO/UNEP - Report: State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 2012 | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/13 | |
| Minamata Convention Agreed by Nations Jan 19, 2013 | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/13 |
| institution | title | source |
|---|---|---|
| BAuA Federal Institute for Occupational safety and Health |
Characterization of nanoscale properties chemical substances under REACH |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/12 |
| BMBF Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
New BMBF joint project: Risk management of new pollutants and pathogens in the water cycle (RiSKWa) | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/12 |
| BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment |
Residues of pharmacologically active substances in food of plant origin | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/12 |
| Contact allergens in toys: Health evaluation of nickel and fragrance | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/12 | |
| DFG German Research Foundation |
DFG research group INTERNANO: Mobility, aging and functioning of inorganic synthetic nanoparticles in the land-water transition zone | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/12 |
| MAK value for chlorinated biphenyls lowered | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/12 | |
| EU European Union |
Environment and water: proposal to reduce the risk of water pollution | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/12 |
| EEA European Environment Agency |
Technical Report No 6/2012 on Atmospheric Pollutants | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/12 |
| Press Release: Many Europeans still exposed to harm-ful air pollutants |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/12 | |
| GDCh German Chemical Society |
Statement by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Zellner, Air Quality and Climate, at the end of the climate summit in Durban | |
| IfT Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research V. |
Which particles make the air hazy? | IDW (Science Information Service) |
Laves |
Study: arsenic in food | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/12 |
| TROPOS Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research |
Desert dust creates more sulfuric acid in the atmosphere Researchers discover new mechanism |
TROPOS press release |
| UfZ Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research |
Insecticides will be an increasing problem for water bodies in Europe in the future | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/12 |
| UBA Federal Environment Agency |
Compilation of monitoring data on environmental concentrations of pharmaceuticals (UBA texts 66/2011) | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/12 |
| Sewage sludge disposal in the Federal Republic of Germany | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/12 | |
| Position paper of the Soil Protection Commission at the Federal Environment Agency: Uranium inputs into agricultural soils through fertilizers | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/12 | |
| Use of biotests for Characterization of the exposure pathways for environmental hormones from plastics (UBA-FB 001482) |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/12 | |
| Air quality 2011 - particulate matter episodes shaped the picture | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/12 | |
| Strategies for reducing particulate matter pollution: PAREST final report | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/12 | |
| UBA texts 37/2012: Uranium in soil and water | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/12 | |
| UBA-Texte 38/2012: Determination of substance-related environmental quality criteria | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/12 | |
| UBA press release no. 31/2012 of September 14, 2012: REACH: Federal Environment Agency regards other substances as 'of particular concern' | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/12 | |
| UBA background paper (November 2012): ?Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: harmful to the environment! Toxic! Unavoidable?" |
Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/12 | |
UNECE |
Parties to UNECE Air Pollution Convention approve new emission reduction commitments for main air pollutants by 2020 |
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| New brochure: Impacts of air pollution on human health, ecosystems and cultural heritage |
| institution | title | source |
|---|---|---|
| BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment |
BfR research project on the absorption of heavy metals and dioxins completed | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/11 |
| Assessment of a possible cancer risk from nanomaterials and from nanoparticles released from products | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 1/11 | |
| CVUA Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office Karlsruhe |
veterinary drug residues residues in animal food - abnormal samples from the slaughterhouses | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/11 |
| ChemSec Environmental Organization of Sweden |
When chemicals disrupt the endocrine system | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/11 |
| EICC Edinburgh International Conference Center |
The Edinburgh Declaration on Reactive Nitrogen from the International Conference "Nitrogen and Global Change" | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/11 |
| EFSA European Food Safety Authority |
EFSA publishes first practical guidance for assessing nano applications in food & feed | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/11 |
| E-PRTR | The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/11 |
| UBA Federal Environment Agency |
Preliminary evaluation of the air pollution situation in 2010: The limit values for air quality were also exceeded in 2010 | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/11 |
| Emission of nanoparticles from selected products in their life cycle | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/11 | |
| Standardization of Emission Factors for the Exposure Assessment under REACH | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/11 | |
| Carcinogens, mutagenic, reproductive toxicity (CMR) and other substances of concern in products | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/11 | |
| Endosulfan becomes "dirty number 22" | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/11 | |
| The use-by period for fire-fighting foams containing PFOS ends in June 2011 | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 2/11 | |
| Investigation of the pollution of the people in Europe | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/11 | |
| Comparative analysis of estimated and measured BCF data (OECD 305) | ||
| Mineral oil-free inks for newspaper printing | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/11 | |
| Basic principles for the development of a concept for environmental exposure assessments of single substances released from multiple uses under REACH | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/11 | |
| Recommendations for simulations to predict the concentration of active substances and metabolites of pesticides in groundwater (PECgw) | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/11 | |
| UBA Federal Environment Agency (Vienna) |
"Pollutants in humans - results of a human biomonitoring study in Austria" published | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 3/11 |
| VDI Association of German Engineers |
New VDI guideline on bioindication: Sampling of bream | Mitt Umweltchem Ökotox 4/11 |
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