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The latest news from ZonMw about research, practice, policy and education in healthcare.
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Interdisciplinary consortia to work on safe and healthy food and food systems research
Within the research programme call ‘Safe and healthy food and food systems’ three research projects have been awarded...
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Launch of 7 new projects for research into microplastics
With new grants totalling € 2,100,000 from ZonMw, 7 new breakthrough projects will start. These projects will do further...
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New grant awarded for research on health effects of microplastics
What happens when microplastics enter the human body? While the amount of microplastics in our environment is increasing...
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More research needed on the impact of environmental change on human health
'Global environmental change has major effects on human health.' This is 1 of the key messages of the Planetary Health...
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Grant calls Microplastics & Health: risk assessment and action perspectives on micro- and nanoplastics
ZonMw is publishing two calls for proposals for research into the health effects of micro- and nanoplastics. The calls...
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"Bomenkompas" contributes to a healthy living environment for hay fever patients
Biologist and researcher Dr Letty de Weger of Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) has developed a “Bomenkompas”...
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Follow-up research into the health risks of microplastics needed
This article shows that the impact of nano- and microplastics on human health is still largely unknown. Follow-up...