Reports 2008

The report contains a review of different European projects on the health and environmental effects of artificial turfs and results of laboratory tests on turfs that are being used in Denmark. The results show that there are no real problematic effec...

It has been observed that in Denmark and other EU member states spray products for proofing of textiles in certain cases result in serious poisoning symptoms. In the project literature retrieval and information search on the cases has been preformed....

In the period April to July 2007, 170 pieces of metal jewelleries and 62 textile jewelleries were purchased. The jewelleries were screened for heavy metals and benzidin. 58% of all metal jewelleries contained more than 100 ppm lead. 2% contained more...

The report gives an estimation of the use of polyfluorinated compounds in impregnation and consumer products in Denmark, and updates of the environmental and health assessment of polyfluorinated substances and their degradation products carried out i...

The content of chemicals in nail hardeners and in products for artificial nails was investigated in products from the Danish market. The report shows that both product types contain chemicals that can cause allergic reactions. Therefore it is advised...

The report analyses the shaping and embedding of eight types of environmental management in Danish product chains, including supplier assessment, greening of product development and strategic co-operation. The embedding is based on knowledge developm...

The report describes the Danish consumption in 2006 of ozone-depleting substances and consumption and emission of industrial fluorinated greenhouse gases. The consumption of the ozone-depleting substances is negligible and has on the whole been on th...

Based on an extensive literature survey, the reports concludes that particles from woodsmoke should be considered as harmful to health and that effects from these particles cannot be considered as less severe compared to ambient air particles in gene...

To identify different headphones and hearing aids on the marked, a survey of the marked was made. From this survey 14 headphones and 6 hearing aids were chosen for analysis to identify the primary materials of the products. The results showed that th...

The focus of this investigation has been on the use of essential oils and fragrance oils for dispersion of fragrances in the home by use of candle diffusers and electrical fan diffusers. Data on chemical substances were received from producers and ch...

The products in the survey are primarily baby products intended for children at the age of 0 to 1 year. 13 products were selected to the analysis, the products were pillows for baby feeding, baby carriers, nursing pillows, baby mattresses, aprons to ...

Field experiments in winter wheat were carried out in to years with varying nitrogen and fungicide doses on field with large spatial variation in soils. Soils and crops were characterised using all relevant available sensor measurements. Measurements...