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You searched for these word(s): risk assessmentResearch line: Risk assessment of tobacco and nicotine products
https://www.rivm.nl/en/tobacco/research-lines/research-line-risk-assessment-of-tobacco-and-nicotine-products… as bystanders. RIVM provides (methods for) exposure and risk assessments of these products, based on their toxicological, … Risk assessment methods for tobacco and nicotine products Risk assessment of tobacco and nicotine products is … Research lines: Risk assessment of tobacco and nicotine products …
Publication date: 06-14-2023Mental health at risk: broad investment in mental health by new government required
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/mental-health-at-risk-broad-investment-in-mental-health-by-new-government-required… Monitor shows that mental health in the Netherlands is at risk and highlights the urgency of the situation. Around 85% … to improve individual well-being and detect mental health risks and problems at an early stage. If problems do arise, … Mental health at risk: broad investment in mental health by new government …
Publication date: 12-12-2025Research lines on tobacco and nicotine products
https://www.rivm.nl/en/tobacco/research-lines… Risk assessment of tobacco and nicotine products … Risk assessment of tobacco and nicotine products …
Publication date: 06-15-2023Harmful components in products and their emissions
https://www.rivm.nl/en/tobacco/research-lines/research-lines-product-composition-emissions/harmful-components-in-products-and-their-emissions… and their emissions are measured at RIVM to support risk assessments, ongoing research, and regulation. This webpage … in the emissions of e-cigarettes to support health risk assessment and bystander risk assessment and as an indicator … Some VOCs have a comparatively large impact on the health risks of tobacco- and nicotine products. RIVM measures these …
Publication date: 06-14-2023Travellers to Cape Verde: be alert to bacterial dysentery caused by shigellosis
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/travellers-to-cape-verde-be-alert-to-bacterial-dysentery-caused-by-shigellosis… RIVM has warned travellers to Cape Verde about a shigellosis risk. The bacterial infection causes severe bloody diarrhoea … on the Cape Verdean islands. There are certain health risks as a result of the outbreak. Travellers can make an … to shigellosis. Good hygiene can help to minimise the risk: Wash your hands regularly. Flush the toilet with the …
Publication date: 12-10-2025Early detection and screening
https://www.rivm.nl/en/dna-and-public-health/early-detection-and-screening… identify early on whether someone has a condition or is at risk of developing one. This can be done in different ways. … a genetic predisposition to a disease that increases the risk of disease. For more information on this and RIVM’s … multiple locations on the DNA that are associated with the risk of developing a disease. This means that, in the …
Publication date: 12-16-2025Tobacco regulatory science at RIVM
https://www.rivm.nl/en/tobacco/tobacco-regulatory-science-at-rivm… Product composition, user behaviour and sensory perception, risk communication, risk assessment, and policy advice are areas of interest. …
Publication date: 06-14-2023Responsible innovation with nanomaterials and nanotechnology: past, present, future
https://www.rivm.nl/en/weblog/responsible-innovation-with-nanomaterials-and-nanotechnology-past-present-future… into everyday life accelerates, understanding the risks and benefits of these materials becomes crucial, … and clean energy applications. Balancing benefits and risks is key Understanding how nanomaterials move, … to managing both benefits—like cleaner energy systems—and risks, such as nanoparticle pollution. The overarching …
Publication date: 12-18-2025FAQ about breast cancer screening on Sint Eustatius
https://www.rivm.nl/en/population-screening-caribbean-netherlands/st-eustatius/breast-cancer/faq… plates during X-rays. According to plastic surgeons, the risk of damaging the protheses as a result of the … screening program. Radiation can cause cancer, but this risk is very small. On the other hand, the breast cancer … enlarged from the vaccination, but this will not affect the assessment of your x-rays. For privacy reasons, it is not …
Publication date: 06-15-2023Research line: Product use, perception and exposure
https://www.rivm.nl/en/tobacco/research-lines/research-line-product-use-perception-and-exposure… behavioural studies investigating reasons for use and risk perception, mode of use and biomarkers of … . Behavioural research on use, reasons for use and risk perception To understand the (potential) risks of tobacco product use on the population level, …
Publication date: 06-14-2023Flu vaccine during pregnancy
https://www.rivm.nl/en/flu-and-flu-vaccine/vaccine/pregnancy… Newborn babies have a higher risk of serious consequences from flu, such as hospital … If a pregnant woman gets the flu, she has a higher risk of serious illness than a woman who is not pregnant. … compared to women of the same age who are not pregnant. The risk of ICU admission or death from flu does not seem to …
Publication date: 12-19-2025Mercury in Groningen’s natural gas not harmful to health
https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/mercury-in-groningens-natural-gas-not-harmful-to-health… RIVM to investigate whether this exposure could pose health risks. The results show that exposure to mercury through … NAM’s calculations and assess whether there were any health risks associated with peak exposure to mercury. RIVM …
Publication date: 06-12-2023Articles Environment and Safety 2022
https://www.rivm.nl/en/about-rivm/corporate-publications/scientific-report/articles-environment-and-safety-2022… Deliv Transl Res 2022; 12(9):2178-2186 Closed Access A risk based assessment approach for chemical mixtures from wastewater … A Tiered Approach for Assessing Individual and Combined Risk of Pyrethroids Using Human Biomonitoring Data JV …
Publication date: 06-26-2023Research line: Product composition and emissions
https://www.rivm.nl/en/tobacco/research-lines/research-line-product-composition-emissions… Information about the composition is used to perform risk analyses, to support product regulation and to inform …
Publication date: 06-14-2023Articles Public Health and Health Services 2022
https://www.rivm.nl/en/about-rivm/corporate-publications/scientific-report/articles-public-health-and-health-services-2022… Open Access A Decision Support System for preclinical assessment of nanomaterials in medical products: the REFINE … report. ALTEX, 2022 Open Access Approaches to mixture risk assessment of PFASs in the European population based on … 2023; 247:114071 Open Access Argumentation analysis of risk assessments: the case of perfluorooctanoic acid. WP …
Publication date: 06-27-2023FAQ about cervical cancer screening on Saba
https://www.rivm.nl/en/population-screening-caribbean-netherlands/saba/cervical-cancer/faq… contact, there is little chance of HPV infection. The risk of a precancerous stage or cervical cancer is then very … on the hands and in the mouth. . You can reduce your risk of developing HPV infections by: Using a latex condom, … If I have HPV, what is the risk of cervical cancer? …
Publication date: 06-15-2023New approach methodologies to study intestinal fate of nanomaterials: current understanding and knowledge gaps
https://www.rivm.nl/en/weblog/new-approach-methodologies-to-study-intestinal-fate-of-nanomaterials-current-understanding… knowledge gaps remain, especially in standardising and assessing how well these models mimic human biology and … human health. The intestinal uptake of NMs is critical for assessing their systemic effects. The intestine serves as a … strengthen the scientific and regulatory foundations for assessing the intestinal fate of ingested NMs. The document …
Publication date: 12-18-2025Collaborations on tobacco
https://www.rivm.nl/en/tobacco/collaborations-thesis-projects/collaborations… of Southern California and the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). RIVM is also in close contact with Dutch … by tobacco manufacturers about their products. Office for Risk Assessment & Research (BuRO) of the Netherlands Food …
Publication date: 06-14-2023Machine learning to identify key factors in titanium dioxide nanoparticle genotoxicity; a work in progress
https://www.rivm.nl/en/weblog/machine-learning-to-identify-key-factors-in-titanium-dioxide-nanoparticle-genotoxicity-work… handling outliers and validating the model warrants further assessment. The findings of this study are therefore not … presents an interesting approach that uses ML for hazard assessment. If developed further, these methods could be valuable for hazard and risk assessment. However, in its current set-up, the …
Publication date: 12-18-2025Research line: Early detection of product developments
https://www.rivm.nl/en/tobacco/research-lines/research-line-early-detection-of-product-developments… became available on the Dutch market, RIVM performed risk assessments and concluded that these products are hazardous …
Publication date: 06-14-2023