One of the doctors is a member of the state commission investigating the incidence of leukemia in the Elbmarsch area. Wage negotiations for railway failed Bremen. The wage negotiations for the 180,000 employees of the German Railway have failed, according to the union. The German Railway Union explained that the railway's management was not prepared to make a better offer. The union rejected an offer of a 1.3 percent wage increase last week.
Management is said to want to go to arbitration.
Drinking water apparently contains lead in many German cities. The Foundation for Product Testing has announced this finding. In some cases, they said, the amount of lead in the water was well over the maximum allowable amount, endangering especially the health of babies and infants. The reason for this situation, the Foundation said, was the water lines, which in many old buildings were often still made with lead. Primarily the East German states and Hamburg are thought to be affected, but high lead content was also found in other areas, such as the Ulm region.