PubMed · 10230380
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M Middeke. 1999-04-09. [No progress without change].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10230380/
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A short overview on the occurrence of herbicides in groundwater and drinking water located in the vicinity of railway tracks in Germany is presented. The study has been conducted using the experience of various water supply companies and includes a literature research on the subject. It has been documented that in Germany only 1% of the total area treated with pesticides was under management of the former Deutsche Bundesbahn before 1990. The specific amount applied on the railway tracks was, however, a factor of 6 higher than that used in agriculture, although it must be borne in mind that the retaining capacity of railway tracks for pesticides is much lower. The herbicides applied ranged from 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, triazine derivatives, e.g. atrazine and urea derivatives such as diuron. Traces of almost all of the herbicides applied could be detected in samples of groundwater and drinking water in the vicinity of railway tracks. Since 1997 only glyphosate has been used.
Anti-Semitism and National Socialism destroyed the existence of many individuals. Their names and biographies disappeared into oblivion. The bequest of ophthalmo--historical papers by Ms. Jutta Lauber, daughter of the Austrian ophthalmologist Hans Lauber (1876-1952), allowed us to trace the fate of the Jewish ophthalmologist Oskar Fehr (1871-1959). In the first decades of the 20th century Oskar Fehr was an internationally renowned ophthalmic surgeon and pathologist. Disregarding political adversities and ignoring personal losses and hardships he dedicated his life to the service of human health.
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