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Community Organizations Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
Acronym
RIVM
Governmental institution

Location

Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9
Utrecht
Utrecht
Netherlands
Working languages
English

The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Dutch: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu), is a Dutch research institute that is an independent agency of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.

RIVM performs tasks to promote public health and a safe living environment by conducting research and collecting knowledge worldwide. The results are used to support the Dutch government in formulating its policy. RIVM's primary tasks are:

  • research
  • policy support
  • national coordination
  • intervention programmes
  • provision of reliable information to the general public and to professionals working in health care about infectious diseases, the environment, nutrition and safety.

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Bodemgebruikswaarden voor landbouw, natuur en waterbodem; technisch wetenschappelijke afleiding van getalswaarden

Reports & Research
December, 2003
Netherlands

In response to the governmental decision 'Policy renewal on soil remediation', this report presents numerical values that are derived for specific soil-uses. The values are to be used as remediation objectives, or as criteria for the re-use of slightly contaminated soil or sediment. Various soil-uses in the rural area, as well as the uses of permanently flooded and dry sediments, are considered