The Collaborating Centre participates in the activities of the Foodborne disease burden epidemiology reference group by technical advice on how to calculate the global burden of foodborne disease.

Workers may come into contact with BPA during its production and subsequent use in the production of other materials and products. Occupational exposure to BPA may also occur in workers who frequently handle thermal paper, such as cashiers who work with cash register receipts that contain BPA.

BPA can end up in the environment through wastewater emitted by factories, (household) waste, and the sewage system. In addition, BPA can be introduced into the environment due to gradual leaching from materials used in public spaces.

RIVM participates in four work packages of PERISCOPE. Our prime role is to perform clinical studies, involving participants of various age groups having received different existing pertussis vaccines, or participants who were naturally infected by B. pertussis. We will also play a crucial role in providing a well characterised natural B. pertussis strain for the development of challenge models.