Causal relationship between goat farms and pneumonia is likely

Evidence is sufficient to conclude that a causal relationship is likely to exist between living in the vicinity of goat farms and pneumonia. This is the conclusion that the Health Council of the Netherlands draws in a first partial advisory report that was presented today to the Ministers of Health, Welfare and Sport and of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature. The council sees sufficient reason for measures to limit the health risks for residents living in the vicinity of goat farms.