Environmental health protection
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The Office for Health and Prevention fulfils environmental health protection tasks as a mandatory task of the municipality.
This includes protection against health hazards and harmful environmental influences as well as the promotion of a healthy living environment.
The Office for Health and Prevention provides confidential, anonymous and free counselling:
- Hospitals and other medical facilities
- Public communal facilities, places of accommodation
- publicly accessible sports facilities, camping and tent sites
- swimming pools and bathing areas, playgrounds
- Funeral and cemetery facilities
- Landfills and public conveniences
- urban land-use planning staff for quality assurance in terms of urban development hygiene and for planning applications for buildings with special protection requirements
- for medical problems relating to immission control - air pollution control and noise abatement
Public and private users can obtain advice on:
- Environmental medicine,
- Indoor air in living areas,
- disinfection and pest control,
- Fungal counselling and pollen count information,
- Drinking water monitoring and quality
Further information
Recommendations from the Office of Public Health and Prevention on indoor air temperature and humidity
Drinking water
Information from the Office for Health and Prevention on the subject of drinking water