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Veröffentlichung Pharmaceuticals in the environment – the global perspective(Umweltbundesamt, 2016)Pharmaceuticals are a crucial element of modern medicine and confer significant benefits to society. About 4,000 active pharmaceutical ingredients are being administered worldwide in prescription medicines, over-the-counter therapeutic drugs, and veterinary drugs. Their active ingredients comprise a variety of synthetic chemicals produced by pharmaceutical companies in both the industrialized and the developing world at a rate of 100,000 tons per year. While pharmaceuticals are stringently regulated for efficacy and patient safety, the adverse side effects they may have in the natural environment have not yet been sufficiently studied and are not covered by an international agreement or arrangement.Veröffentlichung Recommendations to safety guidelines and standards to help directly the use and appli-cation of natural refrigerants(2016)This guidance document gives an introduction to the issues regarding the safe handling of natural refrigerants. This includes an overview of existing standards and regulations, as well as relevant properties of alternative refrigerants and necessary safety measures.The document concludes with three examples of alternative refrigerants applied in practice.Veröffentlichung Towards a green economy(Umweltbundesamt, 2022) Heyen, Dirk Arne; Deutschland. Umweltbundesamt; Gensch, Carl-Otto; Gsell, Martin; Burger, Andreas; Bünger, BjörnThis document presents central messages and recommendations for successfully shaping structural change towards a Green Economy. The document is a result oft he RFEOPLAN-project "Ökologischer Strukturwandel" (FKZ 3716 14 101 0). Its intended audience are experts and interested laypersons. In addition to general information regarding ecological structural change, especially the automotive industry and basic chemicals are taken into focus. Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.deVeröffentlichung 环境药物残留–全球视野(Umweltbundesamt, 2016)药物是现代医学的重要组成部分，为社会作出了显著的贡献。世界各地的处方药、非处方药和兽药使用约4000多种活性药物成分。工业化国家和发展中国家 的制药企业以每年10万吨的速度生产由各种合成化学物质构成药物活性成分。尽管药物功效和患者安全受到严格的管制，但它们对自然环境可能造成的不良副 作用尚未得到充分研究，亦没有相关的国际协定或协议。