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Menno de Jong appointed director of RIVM Centre for Infectious Disease Control
Starting 1 May 2024, Professor Menno de Jong will take on the role of director of RIVM’s Centre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb) . He succeeds Jaap van Dissel, who is retiring in April 2024.
Dutch consumers can eat healthier and more environmentally sustainable for the same amount of money
The Dutch diet can be healthier and more environmentally sustainable without costing consumers more money. This holds for all socio-economic groups in the Netherlands. This concludes Reina Vellinga (RIVM) in her doctoral thesis. Even with minor adjustments, our diet becomes much healthier and with less impact on the environment.
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- Obesity rate tripled over past 40 years
- RIVM advises against using products containing the herbs Huperzia serrata, Tabernanthe iboga or Ashwagandha
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- Relevance of energy storage systems for third party risks
- The impact of societal developments on psychosocial work factors of workers
- COVID-19-vaccination. Background information for the Health Council of the Netherlands
- Synthetic Pyrethroids and Water Quality
- Consumer products with health, environmental and/or sustainability claims: indications for adverse health effects?
- Uncertainty factors with regard to measuring radioactivity inside barrels containing specific hospital waste
- Amfetamines in digestaat. Risico’s voor de volksgezondheid en het milieu
- COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the Netherlands in 2022
- Risk assessment of herbal preparations containing Huperzia serrata