RIVM rapport 270555009 Our food, our health

Asian Implications of Aflatoxin and Dioxin Foodborne Chemical Exposures Based on World Health Organization Estimates

All people need food. Unsafe foods; however, may cause diseases ranging from diarrhea to cancer. Chemicals in food are a worldwide health concern. In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) organized a consultation on the global burden of foodborne diseases. Work to estimate this burden began in 2007 and was carried out by the WHO Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG), ...

Correction: Comparing health system performance assessment and management approaches in the Netherlands and Ontario, Canada

Following the publication of our recent work [1], we were asked by the Zorgbalans (Dutch Healthcare Performance Report) project at the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) to withdraw the RIVM affiliation of the third author (O.A. Arah) who is a member of the Zorgbalans project team from the paper. It should be clear that the paper was not – and is not – officially end...

RAPPORT On the coupled solution of diffusion and chemistry in air pollution models

A numerical comparison is presented between diierent techniques considered for the coupled, implicit solution of vertical turbulent diiusion and nonlinear chemical transformations in air pollution models. Note: We gratefully acknowledge support from the RIVM (projects EUSMOG and CIRK)

Health impact of nanotechnologies in food production This report is a co-production of RIKILT and RIVM

Food Safety, a Global Challenge

1 Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bio-Science Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium 2 National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, 3721 MA Bilthoven, The Netherlands; [email protected] 3 Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering Postdam-Bornim e.V., Max-Eyth-Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam...