Some foods contain less salt in 2014 compared with 2011. According to research by RIVM the salt content of bread was 21 percent lower in 2011.

On request of the Dutch food and product safety authority, RIVM has developed a prioritization method for substances used in textile production.

AMR is one of the major global challenges in infectious disease control.

Medical devices are a group of products varying from relatively simple devices like plasters and wheelchairs to complex equipment like pacemakers and MRI scanners.

RIVM researchers Arie Havelaar and Arno Swart received the prestigious Best Paper Award 2014 of the Society for Risk Analysis.

There is no uniform approach in the European Union for the risk assessment of occupational exposure to non-threshold carcinogens.

The number of natural areas in Europe that are threatened by air pollution will decrease between 2005 and 2020.

COMPARE, a large EU project intends to speed up the detection of, and response to disease outbreaks among humans and animals worldwide, through the use of new genome technology.

Chemicals made from vegetable or animal waste may be an alternative to the use of the substance Bisphenol A (BPA) in thermal paper. Thermal paper is widely used for cash register receipts.

January 20th, the Olive Foundation and RIVM opened AEX trading day in Amsterdam on the occasion of the 9th European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.