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Some useful internet addresses

 BELGIAN GOVERNMENT
Federal Portal
Belgian Institute for Road Safety (BIVV/IBSR)
Federal Public Service Justice
Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport
Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment
National Labour Council
Flemish Fund
Ministry of the Flemish Community – Education Department
National Fund for Occupational Diseases
FPS Labour, Employment and Social Dialogue
Belgian Institute for Standardisation
Superior Health Council

EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT (top)
European Parliament
European Commission
European Union
The Court of Justice of the European Communities
Eur-Lex: The access to European Union law
Euronorm.net: Digital Information Platform for Legislation and Standardization

ENVIRONMENT (top)
Flemish Environment Agency
Association for a better environment – Flanders
Public Waste Agency of Flanders
United States Environmental Protection Agency
EMIS: Energy and environment information system for the Flemish Region
ONDRAF/NIRAS: Belgian Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile materials

ERGONOMICS (top)
Body dimensions of the Belgian population

ASSOCIATIONS/SELF-HELP GROUPS (top)
Trefpunt Zelfhulp – Information and support centre for and about self-help and self-help groups in Flanders
Belgian Red Cross portal
ALCOWEB
RLS: Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation
Organic Psycho Syndrome
Alcoholism portal
Stop smoking site
Dutch national organisation for education on health risks from smoking
TabacStop (Foundation against cancer)
RookVrij: Association for a smokefree environment

CURRENT EVENTS: RSI (top)
Dutch RSI Association

CURRENT EVENTS: NUTRITION (top)
NICE: Nutrition Information Centre

CURRENT EVENTS: LYME DISEASE (top)
OSH Answers: Lyme disease
EUCALB: European Union Concerted Action On Lyme Borreliosis
Lyme Disease Research Programme
Lots of links on Lyme disease
Lyme disease – a concise overview

CURRENT EVENTS: CANCER (top)
IARC: International Agency for Research on Cancer
National Cancer Institute U.S.
Belgian Cancer Registry Foundation
Foundation against cancer

CURRENT EVENTS: OTHER (top)
Overview of analyses at UCL – Biological monitoring of exposure to chemicals
Belgian Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue
Lipotrophia Semicircularis (LAS)
Oklahoma State University: Environmental Health and Safety
Influenza
Legionella

MEDICAL INFORMATION (top)
Hepatitis
PubMed MedLine
ISIS: Dutch national Infectious Diseases Information System
Belgian Order of Physicians
Merck Source: A world of health information at your fingertips

TOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION/MSDS (top)
International Chemical Safety Cards: International Programme on Chemical Safety
Vermont SIRI MSDS Collection
Where to find MSDS on the internet
Toxnet

SAFETY: GENERAL (top)
IBEVE: Instituut voor bedrijfsveiligheid
Occupational Health and Safety
HSE: Health and Safety Executive
Febelsafe (Belgian member of ESF – the European Safety Federation)
PreBes: Royal Flemish Association for Prevention and Protection
Recreabel: Association of playground equipment and street furniture manufacturers
PVI: provinvial safety institute
Prevent
Sobane

SAFETY: FIRE SAFETY (top)
Rules of conduct in the event of a calamity
When and how to evacuate a building?
Fire extinguisher information site
ANPI: National Organisation for fire and theft fighting
National Fire Protection Association: The authority on fire, electrical and building safety
Fireforum: Portal for fire safety

NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS (top)
RIZIV/INAMI: the Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance 
Site of the Belgian National Outreach Centre for the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Vito: Flemish institute for technological research
Flemish Institute for Health Promotion
PreBes: Royal Flemish Association for Prevention and Protection
FPS Economy - Directorate-general Statistics Belgium
NAVB/CNAC: Belgian National action committee for safety and hygiene in the construction sector
VVVB: Flemish association of industrial nurses
Prevention & Interim – central prevention service for the temporary employment sector
NVKVV: national association of catholic Flemish nurses and midwives
PVI: Provincial Safety Institute
Co-Prev

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS (top)
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
ACGIH: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
WHO: World Health Organization
ILO: International Labour Organization
TNO: Dutch organisation for applied scientific research
Eurosurveillance
University of Maastricht: Environment and Occupational Health and Safety
NIOSH/CDC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Arbouw: OHS in the Dutch building sector
AWS: American Welding Society
Dutch Workingparty on Infection Prevention
"Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment"

UNIVERSITIES (top)
K.U. Leuven
University of Antwerp
Ghent University
VUB Brussels
KUB Brussels
ULB Brussels
Hasselt University