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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.

Discussion regarding health-based guidance value of PFOA

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a provisional health-based guidance value for perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).

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

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.

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.

RIVM research basis for historic climate agreement on HFCs

Scientific research by RIVM’s Guus Velders stood partly at the basis of the HFC global climate agreement.

Without measures emissions of HFC greenhouse gases will increase rapidly

Without global agreement on the use of HFCs, their contribution to the greenhouse effect may increase sharply to 10 percent of that of CO2 by 2050. The current contribution is less than 1 percent.

HFC greenhouse gases accumulate in refrigerators and air conditioners

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are potent greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners and are released primarily at the end of the life-span of these products.