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Safe working practices: RIVM creates a list of 1,400 substances without a European occupational exposure limit for health purposes
Employees sometimes come into contact with hazardous substances at work. RIVM has compiled a list of 1,400 hazardous substances for which the European Commission has not yet set an occupational exposure limit.
NS did not adequately protect employees from exposure to chromium (VI)
Employees of Dutch Railways (NS) may have been exposed to chromium (VI) between 1970 and 2020. Although it is not known exactly how often or how much this occurred, it is reasonable to assume that NS employees who were exposed to chromium (VI) may develop certain medical conditions.
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- Annual report – Monitor Combined lifestyle intervention 2022. Combined lifestyle intervention progress report
- Transfer models for dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in wild cattle (case study: Dutch floodplains) – model documentation
- Overdracht van dioxines en dioxine-achtige PCB’s van gras en bodem naar vlees van wilde runderen die grazen in de uiterwaarden in Nederland
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- Managing regulations and working culture. Study into the history of chromium (VI) at NS, WP 8
- Risk assessment for exposure to chromium (VI) on premises of Dutch Railways (NS)/NedTrain
- Study into the use of chromium (VI) at NS/NedTrain over the 1970–2020 period. Work protocols, adherence to regulations, exposure and health risks. Summary of the substudies
- The National Immunisation Programme in the Netherlands. Surveillance and developments in 2021-2022