Documents

1. Employees and infectious diseases - Criteria for vaccination

   Vaccination may protect employees when they are exposed at work to viruses and bacteria. Sometimes employees are not at risk ...

   Advisory report | 15-12-2014

2. Fitness to drive requirements: some recommendations

   The Health Council of the Netherlands regularly advises on updates to the rules regarding medical fitness to drive a motor ...

   Advisory report | 20-11-2014

3. Acetaldehyde

   Inhalation of acetaldehyde in the workplace may lead to cancer. This is of importance for workers who use the substance in the ...

   Advisory report | 13-11-2014

4. Ethylene oxide

   Occupational exposure to ethylene oxide may cause cancer. For carcinogenic substances with no safe threshold, The Health Council ...

   Advisory report | 11-11-2014

5. Fungal alpha-amylase (derived from the fungus Aspergillus oryzae)

   Inhalation of fungal alpha-amylase in the workplace may lead to allergic respiratory complaints. This is mainly of importance for ...

   Advisory report | 06-11-2014

6. Dimethyl sulphate - Health-based calculated occupational cancer risk values

   Inhalation exposure dimethyl sulphate at the workplace may cause cancer.  The Health Council recommends to classify dimethyl ...

   Advisory report | 03-11-2014

7. Population Screening Act: study into a self-test for familial risk for breast cancer

   The Health Council of the Netherlands advises the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport to grant Radboudumc in Nijmegen in the ...

   Advisory report | 12-09-2014

8. Population Screening Act: study into a self-test for familial risk for bowel cancer

   De Gezondheidsraad adviseert de minister van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport om het Radboudumc te Nijmegen vergunning te ...

   Advisory report | 12-09-2014

9. Mobile phones and cancer / Part 2. Animal studies on carcinogenesis

   The use of the radiofrequency part of the electromagnetic spectrum for mobile telecommunication purposes offers many benefits for ...

   Advisory report | 05-09-2014

10. Acrylamide

    Inhalation exposure to acrylamide at the workplace may cause cancer. In 2006, the Health Council estimated the concentrations ...

    Advisory report | 29-07-2014