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Direct link between Tata Steel emissions, nuisance and risk of disease
The current level of emissions from the Tata Steel site is putting people who live in the IJmond region at an elevated risk of disease. The greatest benefits to public health in the region can be achieved by reducing nuisance caused by and exposure to Tata Steel emissions. This is the outcome of a study conducted by RIVM.
European prize for mobile vaccination units
The Netherlands’ mobile vaccination units (prikbussen) have been selected as a best-practice method for the European project ‘Overcoming Obstacles to Vaccination’.
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- The contribution of Tata Steel to the health risks of local residents and the quality of their surroundings
- Radioactive residue and waste resulting from dismantling of cyclotrons
- 2022 Annual Report of ‘Signaling Consultation Food Safety’
- Registration of food-related outbreaks in the Netherlands, 2022
- Review of the third party risk model for airports in the Netherlands. Transferability and scientific value
- Monitoring of radioactivity in the Netherlands. Air dust and deposition – results 2020 and 2021
- Monitoring of radioactivity in the Netherlands. National Radioactivity Monitoring Network – results 2020 and 2021
- Monitoring of radioactivity in the Netherlands. Milk, Food and Feed – results 2020 and 2021
- Monitoring of radioactivity in the Netherlands. Surface water and seawater – results 2020 and 2021