Overview
- An FD analysis with Company.info cross‑referenced 368 registered goat businesses with nearly 600 sensitive institutions such as schools, childcare centers and elder care facilities.
- Nationwide, more than half of professional holdings fall within one kilometer of these locations, with Noord‑Brabant showing the highest concentration.
- In Noord‑Brabant, 71% of farms are near vulnerable sites, including 62 holdings close to 145 locations and 29 within 500 meters.
- The Health Council, drawing on a decade of RIVM research, reports a 19% higher pneumonia risk at one kilometer and 73% at 500 meters from such farms.
- Experts called the findings concerning yet cautioned that Chamber of Commerce addresses may not match actual stable locations, and the dataset excluded private homes.