German Environment Agency

Atmospheric CO 2 and CH 4 measurements at Schauinsland station, Germany: a comparative study of diurnal and seasonal variations at 12 and 35 m intake height

Abstract. At the atmospheric monitoring station Schauinsland (Black Forest, Germany), high-precision long-term measurements of atmospheric CO2 and CH4 have been conducted since 1972 and 1991, respectively. An additional air intake at 35 m a.g.l. (above ground level) has been inst...

Health-related interpretation of human biomonitoring results – new and updated human biomonitoring guidance values from PARC and HBM4EU

During the first three years of the Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC), we derived health-based human biomonitoring guidance values (HBM-GVs) for 11 substances to enable the direct health-related interpretation of human biomonitoring (HBM) results. HBM-...

European joint programme HBM4EU - Bridging science and policy: experiences and lessons learned from the key partners in the scientific steering of the initiative

The European Joint Programme HBM4EU was established to address politically relevant questions on chemical risks to public health through a targeted human biomonitoring research programme. Running from 2017 to 2022, it was co-financed by the EU's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovati...

Quantifying uncertainty: a practical comparison of Bayesian and frequentist meta-analytic frameworks applied to lead exposure and children’s IQ

Abstract Background Uncertainty quantification is central to evidence synthesis for risk assessment and policy-making. Frequentist meta-analysis - currently predominant in epidemiology - quantifies uncertainty through confidence intervals, while Bayesian meta-analysis provides po...

Fate and Transport of Polar Organic Micropollutants in Soil–Plant Systems Quantified by Mass Balance using Laboratory-Scale Lysimeters

Abstract Irrigation with reclaimed water can mitigate water scarcity but may also introduce polar organic micropollutants (OMPs) into agricultural systems. As these compounds are frequently detected in treated wastewater and aquatic environments, this study investigated their env...

eDNA metabarcoding provides scalable and continuous biodiversity monitoring across the tree of life

Abstract Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has the potential to substantially expand our knowledge of global biodiversity beyond that provided by conventional approaches. However, the degree to which eDNA data provides real ecological insight, rather than primarily reflectin...