In 2014, fewer outbreaks of food-borne infections and food poisoning occurred in relation to previous years.

The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, RIVM has described building blocks for a definition of microplastics.

In 2014, 53% of people between the ages of 12 and 80 in the Netherlands participate in some type of sport weekly.

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

In recent years the Netherlands has witnessed an increase in the number of cases of gastroenteritis caused by the Campylobacter bacterium.