World Environment Day 2014 Today June 5 is World Environment Day (WED). Every year on this date, the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP encourages worldwide awareness and action for the environment.
Fewer than 1,000 TB patients for the first time in Dutch history In 2012, in the Netherlands the number of TB patients remained under 1,000 (958) for the first time.
No additional damage to health by adding biodiesel There is no reason to believe that the limited addition of two types of biodiesel to petroleum diesel accounts for an additional increase in harmful emissions from road traffic.
End to Marburg risk On 11 July 2008, a Dutch woman died of Marburg haemorrhagic fever, a serious illness caused by the Marburg virus, which she had contracted in Uganda during a visit to a bat cave.