Exposure to environmental noise is expected to cause more health problems in the Netherlands. There is increasingly more noise, and new houses are being built closer to noise sources.

As of this autumn, RIVM will advise against burning wood in unfavourable weather conditions and or poor air quality.

As of 1 January 2017, the disorders alpha and beta thalassaemia will be added to the neonatal blood spot (‘heel prick’) screening programme.

Researcher Dr Guus Velders of RIVM has made the Nature top-10 list of 2016. This means that, according to Nature, he was one of the 10 most influential scientists in 2016.

New research by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) shows it is safe for people to play sports on synthetic turf fields with an infill of rubber granulate.

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.