Target group-oriented information more effective in the prevention of skin cancer

Avoid sunburn. This is the main advice for the prevention of skin cancer. Targeted information is needed to ensure that people adapt their behaviour accordingly. In places where people are exposed to the sun, for example, or for certain groups of peo
07/08/2022 - 10:13
Vrouw op een bankje in een park

Control measures against the spread of Legionella from wastewater treatment plants

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) may spread Legionella via the air and cause pneumonia if people inhale them.

01/16/2020 - 11:54
bezinkbad vol water

Possible health risks due to exposure to chromium-6 at tROM project Tilburg

Research by RIVM shows that the participants in the so-called tROM project, their supervisors and other people involved may have been exposed to chromium-6.

02/18/2019 - 15:44
Treinloods chroom-6 tROM Tilburg

Meningococcal type W most notable infectious disease in 2017

The report ‘State of Infectious Diseases in the Netherlands in 2017’ published by RIVM today, provides an overview of the most important developments in infectious diseases in the Netherlands and a

09/04/2018 - 00:00

Large increase in legionellosis in the Netherlands

The Municipal Public Health Services (GGD) received 561 reports of legionellosis over the past year. Never before has RIVM registered as many reports of this disease as in the past year.

09/04/2018 - 00:00

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.

02/27/2012 - 00:00