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A guide for the safe reuse of diaper and incontinence materials

RIVM has developed a step-by-step plan for the safe reuse of diapers and incontinence material. This plan provides recyclers and licensing authorities with tools to carry out a risk assessment.

17-09-2019 | 15:04

Young people who use screens before sleeping have more sleep problems

Young people (13-18 years) who use light-emitting screens daily in the hour before going to sleep have more sleep problems.

06-03-2019 | 13:11

Health and Well-being through Effective Blue-Green Space Design and Governance

During World Water Week (August 26 – 31, 2018), the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, RIVM, is facilitating a session on Health and Well-being through effective Blue-G

06-08-2018 | 00:00

INHERIT Model: a tool to jointly improve health, environmental sustainability and Health Equity

RIVM is involved in the Horizon2020 project INHERIT. The first article of the INHERIT project has been published, lead-authored by RIVM.

12-07-2018 | 00:00

Measures to reduce microplastic emissions in the environment

Microplastics are plastic particles that are smaller than 5 millimetres; through the use of plastic or rubber products these microplastics can end up in the environment (surface water, soil, and ai

04-06-2018 | 00:00

80 ways to a more sustainable future: INHERIT Promising Practices Database

Learn what others are doing to make lifestyles more sustainable!

22-11-2017 | 00:00

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?

18-09-2017 | 00:00

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.

04-09-2017 | 00:00

Alertness about the Zika virus still needed for pregnant women

Since May 2015, there has been a Zika virus outbreak in South and Central America, including the Caribbean. The Zika virus can cause birth defects, including microcephaly (small head size).

26-06-2017 | 00:00

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