Documents

1. Carbon disulphide. Health-based recommended occupational exposure limit

   At request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Safety (DECOS), a ...

   Advisory report | 28-10-2011

2. Population Screening Act: pressureguided compression for breast cancer screening

   In cooperation with the National Reference Centre for Population Screening in Nijmegen and Amsterdam University Medical Centre, ...

   Advisory report | 27-10-2011

3. Methotrexate; Evaluation of the effects on reproduction, recommendation for classification

   In the present report, the Health Council of the Netherlands reviewed methotrexate. Methotrexate is used to induce (i.e. ...

   Advisory report | 19-10-2011

4. Hexachlorophene; Evaluation of the effects on reproduction, recommendation for classification

   In the present report, the Health Council of the Netherlands reviewed hexachlorophene. Hexachlorophene is used as a disinfectant ...

   Advisory report | 19-10-2011

5. N-fluoren-2-ylacetamide; Evaluation of the effects on reproduction, recommendation for classification

   In the present report, the Health Council of the Netherlands reviewed N-fluoren-2-ylacetamide. N-fluoren-2-ylacetamide is ...

   Advisory report | 19-10-2011

6. Influence of radiofrequency telecommunication signals on children’s brains

   Does mobile telephone use lead to health damage in children? In previous advisory reports, the Health Council of the Netherlands ...

   Advisory report | 18-10-2011

7. Vaccination against seasonal influenza

   The influenza virus has been causing human death and disease for more than 500 years, and possibly even more than 1000 years. ...

   Advisory report | 28-09-2011

8. Population Screening Act: additional MRI scan for women with high breast density

   On 28 September 2011, the Council's Population Screening Act Committee (Commissie WBO) advised the Minister of Health, Welfare ...

   Advisory report | 28-09-2011

9. Health risks caused by plant protection products in agriculture: the use of research among residents

   At the request of the State Secretaries of Infrastructure & the Environment and of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, ...

   Advisory report | 02-09-2011

10. Antibiotics in food animal production and resistant bacteria in humans

    Bacteria are becoming increasingly more resistant to antibiotics. As a result, the number of usable drugs is decreasing, while no ...

    Advisory report | 31-08-2011