Every year on 24 March, the world marks ‘World TB Day’ to raise awareness for the global fight against tuberculosis (TB)– one of the world’s top infectious killers.

RIVM proposes the consideration of a broader environmental perspective in the trade-off between incineration and recycling of plastics.

In 2014, the number of tobacco products on the Dutch market increased to 4212. This is a 5 percent increase compared to 2013.

Patients' perspectives do not always correspond to those of healthcare professionals and policy-makers.

More stringent European standards for safe exposure of workers and consumers to bisphenol A (BPA) were proposed in 2014 and 2015.

Maximising health equity and environmental sustainability: the INter-sectoral Health and Environment Research for InnovaTions (INHERIT) project has kicked off. RIVM experts joined 17

RIVM is developing methods to identify new and emerging risks of chemical substances to workers, consumers and the environment.

As a result of the EenVandaag broadcast regarding the safety of injection needles, and after consultation with the Dutch Inspection for Health Care (IGZ), RIVM advises against the use of needles so

Calculated ammonia emissions in the Netherlands are still declining. However, emissions overall are greater than previously assumed.

While e-cigarettes are less harmful to health than tobacco cigarettes, the vapour from an e-cigarette contains substances and chemical impurities in concentrations that could be detrimental to heal