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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Q fever: risk of transmission via blood or other body material

    Q fever is a zoonosis – an infectious disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans – caused by the bacterium Coxiella ...

    Advisory report | 16-08-2011

  7. Nanomaterials in waste

    Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials are having a large and growing impact on society. For example, all kinds of ...

    Advisory report | 26-07-2011

  8. Grain dust. Health-based recommended occupational exposure limit

    At the request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Health Council of the Netherlands sets health-based ...

    Advisory report | 22-07-2011

  9. Aerosols of mineral oils and metalworking fluids (containing mineral oils)

    In this advisory report, the Council’s Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Safety (DECOS) discusses the consequences of ...

    Advisory report | 29-06-2011

  10. Treating the effects of child abuse

    Child abuse has always been with us and it takes many different forms. It is estimated that more than 100,000 children are abused ...

    Advisory report | 28-06-2011