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EURO 2024 UV-safe

EURO 2024 UV-safe

Show the red card to sunburn at the European Football Championship! With the campaign "EURO 2024 UV-safe", the BfS supports interested parties in fan zones and in the vicinity of the football festival.

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UV-forecast

UV-forecast

The UV Index (UVI) is internationally standardized. It is a measure of the intensity of UV radiation reaching the earth's surface on a horizontal area, weighted according to the risk of sunburn.

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Radon-Map

Radon-Map

Radon is constantly generated in soil by the radioactive decay of radium. The radon concentration in soil air greatly influences the radon migration into a building. A map of radon concentrations in soil air in Germany is the basis for assessing the regional radon situation.

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Man testing the VR application

Press releaseVirtual reality: better radiation protection for healthcare professionals

The Hamburg UV measuring station

Press releaseUV measurement in Hamburg: more regional data for better UV protection

UVC lamp next to a writing pad, printer, and various other objects on a desk

Press releaseRadiation protection for UVC air purifiers only partially ensured

Images from mammography screening on a computer screen

Press releaseBfS: mammography screening programme also beneficial for younger women

A woman forms a heart shape with her hands against the backdrop of a cloudless sky

Press releaseUV protection also necessary in spring

Map of Europe with Ukraine highlighted

NewsBfS monitors situation in Ukraine

Topics

Tree and grass, green on the left side,withered on the right side

Optical radiationInfluence of climate change on UV exposure

DNA wid durch Strahlen beschädigt.

Optical radiationClimate change and the risk of UV-related diseases

UV forecast

Optical radiationUV-forecast

Graphic with symbol images for radiological emergency protection

Ionising radiationGuide to emergency preparedness

Research project concerning radon at the workplaces: Study "Radon@work"

Ionising radiationRadon@work - Study: Radon at the workplace

Cosmic radiation and radon

Ionising radiationNatural radiation in Germany

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Information material

The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) provides you free of charge with information about many key topics around radiation protection. Videos (in German only) and topic pages are to provide an image of many radiological aspects and help understand the complex correlations.

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Expert knowledge

Experts in the field of radiation protection can find information on training and further education on the BfS website. Scientists and researchers can find out about current research projects and their results. Physicians learn all about medical approval processes.

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Press information

Your contact persons at the BfS press office will help you with your inquiries. You can contact them by using the weblink "Press contact". Or have a look at more current information for media representatives.

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