1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (312+ words) The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is actively recruiting students abroad despite the Dutch universities promising the government in 2022 that they would stop doing that, Folia discovered. The university magazine studied data from Meta and Google and found that the UvA…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (325+ words) Of the 8,000 gardens in Amsterdam where the municipality did free lead checks, one in six was found to contain unhealthy levels of the heavy metal, Parool reported. Exposure to lead can harm brain development, so lead-contaminated soil is particularly dangerous…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (366+ words) Around six months after the previous Dutch government decided to urge parents to keep their kids off social media, instead of implementing a ban, the newly sworn-in Jetten I Cabinet has put the option of a ban back on the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (291+ words) Dutch laboratories find asbestos in even more play sand products'NL Times Dutch laboratories find asbestos in even more play sand products Dutch laboratories have found asbestos in at least 25 play sand products, AD reports after surveying accredited asbestos laboratories. The…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (226+ words) A new national hotline for children and teenagers to report discrimination was launched Tuesday in Utrecht. The service, called Discriminatie.nl Jeugd, allows children across the Netherlands to share experiences via phone or online form, ask questions, and receive support....

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (382+ words) This week, thousands of secondary school students will receive lessons on how to safely deal with things like sexting and social media. The lessons are part of the Week of Love, annually organized in the run-up to Valentine's Day to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (303+ words) In the Netherlands, dozens of parents say their babies became sick after drinking Nutrilon infant formula, leading the company to issue a major recall. The recall follows concerns that the products may contain elevated levels of the toxin cereulide. The…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago  (239+ words) Snapchat now has over 6 million monthly active users in the Netherlands, equating to roughly one in three Dutch residents. The app is particularly popular among young people, a spokesperson said. He says the app reaches nine out of ten Dutch…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (390+ words) Childhood poverty is a persistent problem in the Netherlands. Last year, Stichting Leergeld, a foundation that supports families in need with school supplies, helped 200,000 children. And a recent study commissioned by the Ministry of Public Health found that thousands of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (458+ words) Nearly two-thirds of parents surveyed, 64 percent, said they worry at times about their child's safety on Roblox. One in seven parents, 14 percent, said their child has experienced unpleasant or harmful contact on the platform. Some of those cases involved grooming…...