Germany

PFAS in Drinking Water and Blood

Residents near EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse: High levels of PFAS found in blood. Residents living near Basel-Mulhouse EuroAirport have been drinking contaminated water for years. The so-called PFAS che...
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Germany: Drinking Water Becomes Scarce

Drought in the south-west. Will drinking water become scarce in the country? The German state of Baden-Württemberg is currently analysing all 1100 municipalities to see if their water supplies will s...
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Germany: Water Houses in Frankfurt

In Germany’s financial capital, traditional water houses bring people of all classes together. Frankfurt has become Germany’s financial capital, known for the country’s only high-rise skyline. But lo...
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Germany: Tap Water for Every School

Some schools already have them, others should follow suit and get them: Drinking water fountains. What other ideas the town council of Wegberg has. At the end of last year, the parliamentary group &#...
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Germany: Red Bull Gives You Drought

Red Bull gives you drought. A report by Antonia Groß and Elena Materader in the German daily TagesZeitung taz. In a small town in the German region of Brandenburg, Red Bull buys shares in a mineral w...
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German School Kit: My Drinking Water

NEW: ‘My Drinking Water Lesson’ educational kit for grades 3 and 4 (in German). ‘My Drinking Water Lesson’ offers a varied and practical programme on drinking water, health and...
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Germany: Water and Elections

Election manifesto statements on water/drinking water. At the end of last year, the German organisation ‘Partner for Water’ formulated a series of political demands on drinking water. Thes...
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Berlin: Water to Warm and Contaminated

Too warm, too rich in nutrients, contaminated with heavy metals: Environmentalists criticise the poor quality of Berlin’s groundwater. On Saturday, BUND Berlin analysed groundwater samples in t...
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Highly contaminated Sea Foam

Highly contaminated sea foam in the North and Baltic Seas High levels of PFAS have been found along the German coast, according to measurements taken by Greenpeace and reported by the German public T...
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