Editor
Dr Ahmad Risk 

GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health

The GSF is managed as a limited company. Partners are the Federal Minister of Education, Science, Research and Technology and the State of Bavaria. The annual budget is about 200 Mio. DM, the total number of staff is around 1600.

The GSF is located on a 50 hectare site in the north of Munich. It also has institutes in Munich and a Research Salt Mine, Asse in Niedersachsen near Wolfenbüttel. The GSF is a member of the Hermann von Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers (HGF).

The aim of the research performed in the GSF is on the one hand to help solve public problems related to maintaining an intact environment, and on the other hand to improve the health care of the population.

Research is focused on activities related to the protection of man and his environment from harmful effects resulting from radiation and chemicals, as well as the utilisation of scientific and technical knowledge to improve environmental protection and health care.

GSF - Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit

Forschung zum Schutz des Menschen und seiner Umwelt

Das Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprogramm des GSF - Forschungszentrums für Umwelt und Gesundheit dient der Lösung öffentlicher Aufgaben im Bereich der Umwelt- und Gesundheitsforschung.

Die Arbeiten konzentrieren sich auf den Schutz des Menschen und seiner Umwelt vor schädigenden Einflüssen sowie auf die Nutzbarmachung naturwissenschaftlich-technischer Erkenntnisse für die Verbesserung des Umweltschutzes und der Gesundheitsversorgung.