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Objectives and mission
Priniciples and working procedures
The Executive Board and the Departments
Personnel and training
Key data for 2014
Selected events in 2014
Aluminium in everday life – a health risk?
Safety assessment of botanicals and botanical preparations
KiESEL study: What do our children eat?
Arsenic in rice and rice products
Lead contamination in game meat from lead ammunition
Clarification of an EU-wide outbreak of hepatitis A
Carbapenem resistentance in bacteria from livestock
Bioavailability of hydrogen cyanide from cyanogenic glycosides
Release of heavy metals from ceramics and glassware
Primary aromatic amines in paper napkins
Studies on ingredients and emissions of e-cigarettes
Omics methods in regulatory toxicology
Do registration dossiers of chemicals meet the legal requirements?
Setting maximum residue limits for biocides
Transparency, openness and comprehensibility in risk communication
Antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance in the perception of general public
BfR database on animal testing projects in Germany
The OECD test guidelines programme at the BfR
Criteria for assessment of severity of genetically altered laboratory animals
Third-party funded projects of the BfR in 2014
Publications in scientific journals 2014
Organisation chart
Short portrait of the BfR
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