Risk assessment of nanoparticles in the environment Nanotechnology is being used for many everyday life products such as in medicine, deodorants, sunscreens or socks.
What is on our plate? Safe, healthy and sustainable diets in the Netherlands Last January RIVM published a report with facts and figures about the Dutch dietary pattern and an analysis where sustainable, healthy and safe food can strengthen each other.
Building blocks for a definition of microplastics The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, RIVM has described building blocks for a definition of microplastics.
Jacco Wallinga appointed extraordinary Professor at LUMC From 1 September, Jacco Wallinga will hold the chair in Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at the department of Medical Statistics and Bio-informatics of the Leiden University Medical Ce
Little incentive from pharmaceutical legislation to promote alternatives to animal testing Current pharmaceutical legislation does not impose any legal constraints on the use of alternatives to animal testing, but neither does it actively encourage the use of these alternatives.