Fourteen Dutch knowledge institutes have joined forces to provide practical, demand-driven policy advice based on climate change adaptation.

Substances of very high concern (SVHC) can hamper the safe recycling of waste streams in the Netherlands. These substances occur in a wide range of waste streams.

European REACH regulation on chemicals can provide benefits to companies that make or import bio-based substances.

Residues of plant protection products used in greenhouses may enter surface water upon discharge of nutrient solution and affect surface water organisms.

The societal costs of Lyme disease have been determined for the Netherlands for the first time.

In 2015 slightly more ammonia was emitted in the Netherlands than in 2014 and the ceiling set by the European Union was met (128 kilotons).

TIME has named Professor Guus Velders of RIVM as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

One in 5 tick bites occurs in an urban area. Although most tick bites occur in the countryside, many people are bitten in urban areas as well.

The state of the environment, our health, and levels of social equity are closely interrelated.

In the context of authorising plant protection products, the EU currently does not take any account of the use of several different plant protection products for the same crop.