Innovation required in risk assessment of nanoparticles The currently existing models and techniques provide insufficient certainties in the assessment of the harmfulness of nanoparticles and nanomaterials to people and the environment.
Start of a national study on resistance to the Aspergillus fungus The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has been commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), in cooperation with Radboud University Medi
Contaminated food accounts for 14 percent of norovirus disease burden An international study has indicated that some 14% of all norovirus infections can be attributed to contaminated food.
Preserving ozone treaty benefits to climate change The Montreal Protocol has not only served to protect the ozone layer, it also has provided a certain degree of climate protection.
Combating the Superbug Klebsiella Oxa-48 Outbreak in a Dutch Hospital Experts at RIVM teamed up with scientists of the Medical Faculty of the University Münster (Germany), and bioinformaticans from Life Technologies Corporation (United States of America) and the Well