In this report, the state of the legislation related with environmental odours in the Netherlands is reviewed. It could be said that this is one of the most advanced legislation in the world in this field and its content could be of use for any other legislation about environmental odour emission. Several activities has been selected from the list of potential air-emitting activites in the Netherlands due to potential odour release emissions.
Montalban F.1
1. Faculty of Biology University of Seville.
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Competing interests: The author has declared that no competing interests exist.
Academic editor: Carlos N Díaz.
Citation: Montalban F (2008) Legislación Sobre Olores en Holanda (Legislation on environmental odours in The Netherlands). www.olores.org.
Recibido: 8 de mayo 2008; Aceptado 26 junio 2008; Publicado 1 septiembre 2008.
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Keywords: Odours, legislation, The Netherlands, Holland, Odour units, olfactometry.
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