The influence of nitrogen on health

The Netherlands have to deal with an excess of reactive nitrogen in the environment. This affects the environment and public health. The excess of reactive nitrogen has two main causes: agriculture and livestock production, and the combustion of fossil fuels. Dutch policy has reduced the excess, but the process seems to stagnate. The Health Council of the Netherlands advises the state secretary of Infrastructure and the Environment and the state secretary of Economic Affairs to intensify their nitrogen reducing policies, in order to improve environmental quality and public health.