RIVM to lead innovative European efforts on health promoting health systems How can we strengthen and support health promoting approaches within the broader health and social care system? And how can we best include other sectors in this process?
Policies on magnetic fields of power lines in five countries reviewed Policies on magnetic fields from power lines in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and the United Kingdom are based on different considerations.
Practical training on Water Quality Monitoring in Tajikistan For the WHO-EURO project “Small and safe: scaling-up water safety planning and effective water quality monitoring in rural Tajikistan”, Harold van den Berg (RIVM) visited the five Sanitary Epidemio
Water Safety Planning and Water Quality Monitoring Ethiopia From 20–26 August 2017, Harold van den Berg (RIVM) and Bettina Rickert (Umweltbundesamt, Germany) visited Ethiopia for the continuation of the project Source to Tap and Back.
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.
Blood spot test extended as of 1 January 2017 to include two more disorders As of 1 January 2017, the disorders alpha and beta thalassaemia will be added to the neonatal blood spot (‘heel prick’) screening programme.
Guus Velders in Nature's "Ten people that mattered this year" Researcher Dr Guus Velders of RIVM has made the Nature top-10 list of 2016. This means that, according to Nature, he was one of the 10 most influential scientists in 2016.
Playing sports on synthetic turf fields with rubber granulate is safe New research by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) shows it is safe for people to play sports on synthetic turf fields with an infill of rubber granulate.
New version ReCiPe 2016 to determine environmental impact RIVM presents ReCiPe 2016 a new version of the in Europe commonly used life cycle impact model ReCiPe.