On November 19th 2018, RIVM organised an international expert meeting on a rare type of lymphoma that is associated with breast implants.

From 21 January 2019,  a team from RIVM will travel to Sint Maarten to make measurements and take samples at various locations around the landfill in Philipsburg.

RIVM welcomed the Director General of ANCSEP Tunisia, Mr Mechichi on 11 and 12 December 2018.

“RIVM is committed to being innovative, and becoming a key player in citizen science is fully in line with that goal,” says Danielle Timmermans, Chief Science Officer for Risk Communication at RIVM

On 7 November 2018, Raymond Cointe, Director-General of INERIS and Hans Brug, Director-General of RIVM, signed a Framework Agreement. RIVM has been working with the French National Institute f

On 17 and 18 October 2018, RIVM visited the German Environment Agency Umwelt Bundesamt (UBA).

RIVM is involved in the Horizon2020 project INHERIT. The first article of the INHERIT project has been published, lead-authored by RIVM.

RIVM’s Collaborating Centre for Risk Assessment of Pathogens in Food and Water was invited to WHO’s side event during the 41st Codex Alimentarius Commission on July 4th 2018.

How can the process of validation, acceptance and use of animal-free innovative approaches to assess the safety of chemicals be facilitated?

We have launched the RIVM newsletter. We would like to keep you informed about the developments in public health and the environment in the Netherlands and our institute.