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You searched for these word(s): potePlastics in our living environment – should we be worried?
https://www.rivm.nl/en/microplastics/newsletter-microplastics-december-2020/plastics-in-our-living-environment-should-we-be-worried… same time, we are becoming more and more worried about the potential consequences of all this plastics for people and … their usefulness, but there are rising concerns about the potential harmful effects on people and the environment; … plastics outweigh the drawbacks (persistent pollution with potential impact on humans and the environment). This …
Publication date: 12-10-2020PS-DRINK: Systematically assessing emerging risks for a safe drinking water supply
https://www.rivm.nl/en/soil-and-water/drinking-water/ps-drink… contaminants are different by nature and evidence about the potential drinking water risk they pose is limited. In the … threat to human and environmental health. Newly recognised potential hazards in the aquatic environment are often … by nature, evidence about their hazard and exposure potential is often scarce, and experts might disagree on its …
Publication date: 12-07-2020Predicting who will experience symptoms after Lyme disease remains challenging
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/predicting-who-will-experience-symptoms-after-lyme-disease-remains-challenging… study. In this study, researchers aimed to identify a potential cause for chronic symptoms. The researchers tested …
Publication date: 11-27-2023Combined exposure to high amounts of lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic increases risk of kidney damage
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/combined-exposure-to-high-amounts-of-lead-cadmium-mercury-and-arsenic-increases-risk-of-kidney… that the combined exposure to this group of substances was potentially too high. Netherlands Nutrition Centre …
Publication date: 11-06-2023Newsletter Microplastics December 2020
https://www.rivm.nl/en/microplastics/newsletter-microplastics-december-2020… the central thread was that there must be exposure and a potential hazard and that there is still little known about …
Publication date: 12-03-2020The National Functionality for Upscaling Infectious Disease Control (LFI)
https://www.rivm.nl/en/about-rivm/organisation/lfi… scenarios’. These take into account such factors as potential outbreaks of new infectious diseases and the …
Publication date: 11-23-2023