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18 search results

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  • Risk assessment

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-on-chemical-food-safety/fields-of-expertise/risk-assessment

    … Chemical substances RIVM assesses the health risks of chemical substances such as: plant protection … to ascertain that their use will not result in a health risk. After their use has been approved, their safety is … RIVM develops and implements methods and models for risk assessment purposes. RIVM may also establish safe intake …

    Publication date: 03-23-2015
  • RIVM maintains advisory: avoid eating home-produced eggs in Zuid-Holland Zuid and Altena Municipality

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/rivm-maintains-advisory-avoid-eating-private-eggs-in-zuid-holland-zuid-and-altena-municipality

    … found to contain high levels of PFAS, as revealed by the risk assessment conducted by RIVM at 31 locations in the … 15 eggs per week. What Are the Health Implications? The risk assessment compares the estimated PFAS intake from …

    Publication date: 05-30-2024
  • Food safety

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/food-safety

    … contributes to food safety by supporting governments with risk assessment, consultancy, methodology development and more. … the concentration at which a chemical substance will pose a risk to health, and how much of that substance a person can … Risk assessments …

    Publication date: 03-08-2013
  • Fields of expertise WHO Collaborating Centre on Chemical Food Safety

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-on-chemical-food-safety/fields-of-expertise

    … Risk assessment … Risk assessment …

    Publication date: 03-23-2015
  • Proposed European PFAS ban officially submitted

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/proposed-european-pfas-ban-officially-submitted

    … both the use and production of PFAS in order to reduce the risks these substances pose to humans and the environment. … Afterwards, two ECHA scientific committees – the Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) and the Socio-Economic Assessment …

    Publication date: 01-13-2023
  • News and activities WHO Collaborating Centre on Chemical Food Safety

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-on-chemical-food-safety/current-news

    … Centre  will continue strengthening chemical food-safety risk-assessment capacity in Europe and beyond, after being … and RIVM has contributed to increased chemical food-safety risk-assessment capacity in the WHO European region,” …

    Publication date: 03-11-2019
  • Key publications WHO Collaborating Centre on Chemical Food Safety

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-on-chemical-food-safety/key-publications

    … of a proposed revision of the IESTI equation on the acute risk assessment conducted when setting maximum residue levels … Banasiak U, Hamey PY, Sebestyen I, Moretto A.  Cumulative risk assessment of pesticide residues in food. Toxicology …

    Publication date: 03-18-2019
  • Probabilistic and cumulative modelling

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-on-chemical-food-safety/fields-of-expertise/probabilistic-and-cumulative-modelling

    … development of the probabilistic exposure tool Monte Carlo Risk Assessment (MCRA). RIVM and various other international … that affect the same human organ.  Input databases for risk assessment RIVM is responsible for several Dutch …

    Publication date: 03-23-2015
  • Terms of reference WHO Collaborating Centre on Chemical Food Safety

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-on-chemical-food-safety/terms-of-reference

    … food consumption data and maintenance . Improvement of risk assessment methods used by WHO for food risk assessment by joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food …

    Publication date: 10-28-2014
  • Exposure models & methods

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/who-collaborating-centre-on-chemical-food-safety/fields-of-expertise/exposure-models-methods

    … sheets, which are presently used by the JMPR for risk assessment of plant protection products (‘pesticides’). RIVM … consideration of food safety (Integrated Probabilistic Risk Assessment (IPRA)), benchmark dose modelling, and risk …

    Publication date: 03-23-2015
  • Nitrogen and PFAS suddenly big societal issues in the Netherlands

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/newsletter/content/2020/issue1/nitrogen-pfas-in-NL

    … in the vicinity of those areas. It includes an appropriate assessment of adverse impacts on Natura 2000 areas, which is … perspective for action that, on the one hand, controls the risks to man and the environment and, on the other hand, …

    Publication date: 01-14-2020
  • Next milestone in universal PFAS restriction process completed

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/next-milestone-in-universal-pfas-restriction-process-completed

    … derogations or with time-unlimited derogations and risk reduction measures of similar efficiencies, where … as appropriate. The comments enabled to improve the assessment of the initially evaluated uses and the … by the restriction process. The Scientific Committees for Risk Assessment (RAC) and Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) of …

    Publication date: 08-26-2025
  • Temporary background values for PFAS in Dutch soil

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/temporary-background-values-for-pfas-in-dutch-soil

    … If the soil meets these temporary background values, the risks to people and the ecosystem are negligible. Data and … human body. RIVM investigates the health and environmental risks of PFAS. …

    Publication date: 12-03-2019
  • PFAS in sea foam along Dutch coast

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/pfas-in-sea-foam-along-dutch-coast

    … compared to seawater. Insufficient information for complete risk assessment It is as yet unclear what the high concentrations … scenarios to determine sea foam exposure, and there are no risk limit values for PFAS in seawater or sea foam. …

    Publication date: 12-20-2023
  • PFAS levels in drinking water from river water need to be brought down

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/pfas-levels-in-drinking-water-from-river-water-need-to-be-brought-down

    … this being harmful to their health. This value is used in risk assessments and does not have legal status. New scientific …

    Publication date: 10-24-2022
  • RIVM will calculate temporary background value for PFAS in soil

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/news/rivm-will-calculate-temporary-background-value-for-pfas-in-soil

    … In July of this year, RIVM has calculated the risk limits for PFAS in soil and dredging spoil. At concentrations below these risk limits, the risks to people and the environment are acceptable. As a …

    Publication date: 10-30-2019
  • PFAS restriction proposal

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/pfas/restriction-proposal

    … is a ban on the use of these substances to limit the risks to people and the environment. The proposal focuses on …

    Publication date: 11-19-2020
  • Current information about PFAS

    https://www.rivm.nl/en/pfas/current-information

    … both the use and production of PFAS in order to reduce the risks these substances pose to humans and the environment. …

    Publication date: 05-11-2020

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