RIVM presents ReCiPe 2016 a new version of the in Europe commonly used life cycle impact model ReCiPe.

After many years of decrease, the number of tuberculosis patients in the Netherlands rose again in 2015 by 6 percent.

Front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labels can inform consumers about healthier products.

In 2015, the previously reported  increase in the number of people with leptospirosis (Weil’s disease being its most common form) is continuing.

In the first half of this year more STIs were found in people who have been tested at Dutch STI clinics. The increase pertains to all STIs, with the exception of HIV.

Friday 18 November is European Antibiotic Awareness Day. On this day, throughout Europe attention focuses on the threat of antibiotic resistance to people and animals.

EU legislative instruments are sufficient to ensure the safety of such products.

The report provides an overview of effectiveness and safety of vaccines and vaccine research.

RIVM has started to take samples of rubber granulate from 100 synthetic turf fields in the Netherlands.

There is a need for a strategy to enable companies and governments to assess whether chemicals are endocrine disrupting.