The chemists in the public sector took part in the GDCh's "Aktuelle Wochenschau" in 2017, producing weekly articles on the topic of "Working in the public sector". The project coordinators responsible were the then chairman Dr Reinhold Rühl and the head of GDCh public relations Dr Karin J. Schmitz.
The "Aktuelle Wochenschau" was organised by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) from 2005 to 2019. Each year, a different field of chemistry took centre stage. The articles were prepared by the members of the respective GDCh specialist groups.
Week 1 - Introduction (Reinhold Rühl)
Week 2 - Carcinogenic or not - Who actually determines that? (Reinhold Rühl)
Week 3 - Water 3.0 - Innovative concept for (waste) water purification (Katrin Schuhen)
Week 4 - Flooring - The chemistry under the carpet (Klaus Kersting)
Week 5 - Chemists in the treatment of contaminated sites (Ulrich Scharfenort)
Week 6 - Is there "nano" in it where it says "nano"? About nanoparticles in building materials (Reinhold Rühl)
Week 7 - Clinical toxicology: a small collection of cases (Katharina Koch)
Week 8 - Chemists at the Directorate General of Customs - Narcotics/Doping Agents and New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) (Rainer Fritsch)
Week 9 - Hazardous substances and protective measures when processing architectural coatings (Thorsten Reinecke)
Week 10 - Intoxications caused by chemical warfare agents: Searching for traces in biological samples (Harald John)
Week 11 - Catalysis - yesterday and today (Martin Penno)
Week 12 - As a chemist in forensic medicine (Katja Schulz)
Week 13 - Chemists as advisors to the skilled trades (Rainer Dörr)
Week 14 - Indoor air quality at workplaces - also a question of chemistry! (Clemens Magerkurth)
Week 15 - Analytics in laboratory medicine (Jürgen Hallbach)
Week 16 - Chemists in the service of environmental and health protection - using the example of metals (Romy Marx)
Week 17 - Epoxy resins on construction sites (Klaus Kersting)
Week 18 - Safety data sheets - a useful tool in occupational safety (Kerstin Rathmann)
Week 19 - GISBAU - The Hazardous Substance Information System for the Construction Industry (Uwe Musanke)
Week 20 - Skills shortage in the public sector (Valerie Wilms)
Week 21 - Bitumen and chemistry (Reinhold Rühl)
Week 22 - Working at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Gerrit Limberg)
Week 23 - Exciting tasks in a state chancellery (Martin Kuhrau)
Week 24 - From the work of a laboratory at a public authority - measurement of hazardous substances at workplaces (Ralph Hebisch)
Week 25 - As a chemist in forensic toxicology (Frank Scheufler)
Weeks 26 - 28 - Summer break
Week 29 - Working as a chemist in the public sector (Romy Marx)
Week 30 - Chemist at accident insurance institutions (Rainer Dörr)
Week 31 - Chemists at the employers' liability insurance associations (Werner Steinert)
Week 32 - (K)ein Büchewurm - Als Chemikerin im wissenschaftlichen Bibliothekswesen (Irina Sens)
Week 33 - Chemists at accident insurance institutions and at the labour inspectorate (Reinhold Rühl)
Week 34 - As a chemist on behalf of water protection (Karoline Härtl-Brandl & Harald Hetzenauer)
Week 37 - As a chemist, managing director in two professional associations for materials testing (Susanne Feist)
Week 41 - The value of networking (Ursula Westphal)
Week 42 - As a chemist in the institute administration (Lars Merkel)
Week 43 - A temporary home (Ursula Westphal & Matthias Brandt)
Week 44 - Formaldehyde - a carcinogenic substance with an effect threshold (Reinhold Rühl)
Week 45 - Formaldehyde and maternity protection (Ingrid Thullner, Robert Kellner and Eberhard Nies)
Week 46 - Science management as a profession(Maike Schröder)
Week 47 - Petrol measurements in various fields of work (Matthias Hermesdorf)
Week 48 - Carbon monoxide during transport and storage of wood pellets (Stefan Auras)
Week 49 - How much dirt is clean? About working in a cleanroom (Kornelia Gawlitza)
Week 50 - Job profile of a forensic chemist at the State Office of Criminal Investigation (Jan Schäper)
Week 51 - Chemist at a federal agency - not a second boring (Jana Falkenhagen)