Documents

The 14-day rule in the Dutch Embryo Act

The Health Council of the Netherlands recommends that the 14-day rule for embryo research be extended to a 28-day rule. The Dutch ...

Advisory report | 31-10-2023

Work programme 2024

Each year the Health Council of the Netherlands draws up a work programme containing an overview of the issues that will form the ...

Other | 19-09-2023

Comments on draft report Pyridine and response Health Council

Other | 29-08-2023

Pyridine; Evaluation of the carcinogenicity and genotoxicity

Pyridine is used as a chemical intermediate in the production of amongst others pesticides, pharmaceuticals, textile water ...

Advisory report | 29-08-2023

Employee vaccination: tick-borne encephalitis

People who are regularly bitten by ticks in the course of their work should be offered vaccination against tick-borne ...

Advisory report | 24-08-2023

Rubber dusts and rubber fumes

Exposure in the manufacturing industry is considered to be carcinogenic. Since the composition of rubber dusts and rubber fumes ...

Advisory report | 03-07-2023

Routine vaccination programme against COVID-19

Three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large proportion of the Dutch population has developed immunity through ...

Advisory report | 28-06-2023

Pneumococcal vaccination of children (2023)

A pneumococcal infection can cause serious illness. Vaccination has been offered to children for some time. They are currently ...

Advisory report | 20-06-2023

Pneumococcal vaccination of the elderly (2023)

A pneumococcal infection can cause serious illness. Vaccination has been offered to the elderly since 2020 with the ...

Advisory report | 20-06-2023

Guideline for the classification of carcinogenic substances

The Health Council evaluates the mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of substances to which workers can be exposed in the workplace. ...

Other | 19-06-2023