RIVM – RIJKSINSTITUUT VOOR VOLKSGEZONDHEID EN MILIEU

The Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment is a governmental research and knowledge institute providing policy support to the Dutch Government and is involved in standard setting and regulations. The RIVM will be leading the work on inhalation toxicology using existing yet state-of- the art infrastructure for exposing cell cultures to aerosols of particles including advanced physicochemical characterization, the so called air-liquid interface exposure systems in close cooperation with WU – WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY.