The Alderman Council of Rotterdam, has sent a proposal to
the Municipal Council to introduce obligatory contraception for highly
problematic women. Alderman Hugo de Jonge (Christian Democrat) says that this
concerns for instance women who are drug addicts, have psychiatric problems,
are mentally challenged or work as prostitutes. De Jonge says that social workers
are confronted with cases of extreme neglect or abuse. De Jonge said that the
right of children to grow up healthy is as fundamental a right as the right to
get children.
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Minister of Infrastructure and Environment Melanie Schultz
van Haegen says that a quarter of ground water in the Netherlands, from which
drinking water is extracted, contains too high or nearly too high levels of
pesticides. She called it “cause for concern.” The substances found in the
ground water mostly involved herbicides and breakdown products. The minister
pointed out that in ground water contamination can take a long time and may
manifest for many years after use. In a letter to parliament she mentions
measures taken and to be taken to reduce the problem..
This year the crisis center SOS International was contacted
136 times by Dutch tourists abroad claiming to have become sick with rabies. In
106 cases this diagnosis was confirmed by physicians. Last year the number of such
contacts with SOS International was about half of the number of this year. In
2013 the number of contacts was only 21 of which 16 were confirmed as patients
with rabies by physicians. If the sickness is not treated in time it can be
lethal. SOS International has no explanation for the increase in the number of
cases.
