Documentary Sea Blind on Dutch Television Sea Blind is a documentary about the impact of shipping on the environment, especially on the Arctic Sea.
RIVM launches new web-based version of ConsExpo An improved version of the computer program ConsExpo is now available via the RIVM website.
International attention for innovative approach sustainably managed landfills RIVM and ECN have published a novel approach for calculating acceptable emissions from sustainably managed landfills. With these emissions, landfills no longer require perpetual aftercare.
Increase in excise taxes on alcohol can yield 14 to 20 billion euros in societal benefits An increase in excise taxes of 50 per cent over a period of fifty years will result in societal benefits of 14 to 20 billion euro in the Netherlands.
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.
New film on Zoonoses RIVM aims to improve the collaboration between the human and veterinary health sectors. This makes it possible to intervene quickly and efficiently in case of a zoonotic disease outbreak.
Increasing number of girls immunised against HPV In 2014 the number of girls who were immunised against the human papilloma virus (HPV) rose. This virus can cause cervical cancer later in life.
Aquatic organisms inadequately protected against insecticide imidacloprid RIVM proposes that the water quality standard for the insecticide imidacloprid be reduced by a factor of eight.