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Together with you, Pointer exposes unfair matters based on investigative journalism.
Episode 19 : Hoe luid mag je buitenspelen?
May. 16,2024
Playing outside is perhaps more important than ever, especially now that children spend hours in front of a screen every day. But when they play, children make noise. And while one person finds loud children's voices and popping balls 'fun', another suffers from it in an increasingly busy Netherlands. Sometimes so much that municipalities find themselves in a difficult dilemma about what to do with leeway. Because which interest is more important: that of the child playing outside or that of the neighbor experiencing nuisance? How do municipalities deal with this? And is the balance between fun and rest still maintained?
Episode 18 : Straatintimidatie te lijf
May. 09,2024
Hissing, sexually explicit comments and annoying chasing: many women suffer from street harassment. We investigated where women feel unsafe in the Netherlands and received thousands of responses. Municipalities have been struggling for years to tackle street intimidation. What works? Information and campaigns or repression? As of July 1, street intimidation is punishable. A step in the right direction, but what about enforcement? We speak to victims, investigate the role of education and look at what boas and the police can do about this persistent problem.
Episode 17 : Online haatzaaien, wat doet het met ons?
May. 02,2024
Anyone who follows the Radio Genoa account on X (Twitter) is inundated with videos of black people committing violence or behaving inappropriately. Radio Genoa's message? "This happens when you let refugees into Europe." The videos have been viewed billions of times, also because followers retweet them so much. Among them, PVV leader Geert Wilders and Elon Musk, who bought Twitter and renamed it X. Since then, these types of extreme accounts that want to create fear and hatred for people with a migration background have grown strongly. We reveal who is behind this account and find out what the consequences are for society.
Episode 16 : Greenwashing door gasbedrijven
April. 25,2024
There is a good chance that you pay for CO2 compensation through your gas contract. Gas suppliers would have you believe that 'green' projects elsewhere in the world can eliminate your CO2 emissions, but most projects are based on hot air. Gas suppliers claim to be able to greenwash gas, but mislead consumers. Should the supervisor intervene? Meanwhile, a surprising Chinese newcomer is entering the market: the largest pork production company in the world, whose 'green' projects are already expected to 'make up for' air travel emissions.
Episode 15 : Geluidsoverlast straaljagers
April. 18,2024
Due to the military threat, Defense wants to fly more fighter jets over the Netherlands. There is a good chance that more fighter jets will also take to the air from Leeuwarden air base. Local residents are already struggling with a lot of noise pollution from the overshooting aircraft. And the new plans require the demolition of at least fifty homes around the base, because it becomes unliveable there due to the loud noise. Residents are doing everything they can to prevent this. And how is it possible that fifty homes may disappear, while the municipality of Leeuwarden wants to build a new asylum center, almost against the fences of the air base?
Episode 14 : Vliegtuigherrie
April. 11,2024
More than 700 planes overhead in one day. Winnie de Wit from Assendelft has been fighting for years to reduce the number of flights over her house, but so far without success. Local residents of the possible fourth approach route - which is drawn over parts of Utrecht and Gelderland - are concerned that they too will no longer be able to sleep peacefully or that the beautiful nature in their area will be disturbed.
Episode 13 : Huurders in de knel
April. 04,2024
High rent while your house is full of mold and vermin. Young tenants are often the victims of the overstressed rental market. The housing shortage is so great that landlords are asking exorbitant prices for houses. Sometimes up to half of your monthly income, while the home is in poor condition. What can you do then? The law states that tenants have the right to lower rent or improvements if a house is really bad. But what about this in practice? In the private rental sector you can only enforce this through the courts. An expensive route that few people dare to take. Are tenants footing the bill for the runaway housing market?
Episode 12 : Onrust onder toeslagenslachtoffers
March. 28,2024
A special scheme should help those affected by the benefits affair to make a new start. But those who turn to the municipality for help often have to wait a long time. As a result, confidence in the government is once again being dented. Large differences between municipalities also cause a lot of frustration. Why does one municipality pay for a complete renovation and the other municipality not even pay for a new chair? Doesn't this well-intentioned arrangement actually widen the gap between citizens and government?
Episode 11 : Buitenspelen in de knel
March. 21,2024
The outdoor play space of Dutch children is under pressure. At a time when we have to build many new homes and land is scarce, play space sometimes seems to come last, while playing outside is so important for the development and health of children. We visit Emmeloord and The Hague, where space loses out to housing. And we investigate the situation with the size of perhaps the most important outdoor play area for children: the schoolyard. How strict are the standards that must guarantee outdoor play space for children in the battle for the land?
Episode 10 : Onder de Waddenzee ligt een pot met goud verstopt
March. 14,2024
Will the gas drill go into the bottom of the Wadden Sea one more time? The Dutch Petroleum Company submitted a permit application for the gas field off the coast of the village of Ternaard 9 years ago. Three cabinets later, it has still not been decided whether the project can go ahead. Last week the decision was postponed again. Why is this taking so long? The Netherlands must get rid of gas and the risks to nature are great. How can we be sure that no lasting damage will be done to the UNESCO World Heritage Site? The cabinet no longer wants it and the municipality, the water board and the province are also against it. What is the State Secretary still waiting for?
Episode 9 : Maken de vele ongezonde reclames ons dik en ziek?
March. 07,2024
We receive tens of thousands of food advertisements every year: KFC as a Christmas meal on TV, Snickers bars in online videos and Coca-Cola on billboards. At least three-quarters of all those food advertisements are about unhealthy food; produce more than a billion euros annually. Meanwhile, 2.6 million Dutch people are already in favor of the government's one lifestyle program after another. The call for an advertising ban - just like with tobacco - is increasing, but doesn't all that temptation make healthy living much more difficult for the vulnerable? Who are actually the biggest advertisers and do they want to stop?
Episode 8 : Mensenhandel en seksuele uitbuiting
February. 29,2024
There are at least 45,000 advertisements online luring Eastern European sex workers abroad, including the Netherlands. What exactly is hidden behind these advertisements? Last year, journalists in an international research team investigated how these sex workers can become victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. This digital method of investigation is also a method that the Dutch police and the Public Prosecution Service want to apply, because the underlying criminal networks remain out of reach with the current approach.
Episode 7 : Hoogwater
February. 22,2024
Flooded streets and underwater basements: flooding is becoming increasingly common in large parts of the Netherlands. For example, in 2021, tens of thousands of households in Limburg experienced a devastating flood. Houses were flooded and in the city of Valkenburg alone, 2,300 houses were damaged and 700 homes were temporarily uninhabitable. More than two and a half years after the driveway, we are talking to residents and administrators in Limburg. Are sufficient measures being taken to prevent a flood in the future as much as possible?
Episode 6 : Lawaai op de werkvloer
February. 15,2024
About 900,000 people are exposed to harmful noise during their work. And that can, for example, lead to a ringing in your ear, hypersensitivity to sound or hearing loss. Sometimes this is due to a loud bang, such as when police officer Raya had a fireworks bomb thrown at her head. Much more often, however, hearing damage occurs gradually, due to long-term exposure to noise that is slightly too loud. For example, lifeguard Jack tells Pointer that he suspects his hearing loss was caused by all those hours in a reverberating swimming pool. What can employers do to prevent the risks of hearing complaints? And are they doing enough?
Episode 5 : Huurders in de kou
February. 08,2024
Thousands of tenants are stuck this winter. Their houses are poorly insulated, sometimes with only single glazing in the windows, forcing residents to choose: either high heating costs or wearing sweaters on top of each other to fight against moisture, mold and draughts. The government says that landlords must improve homes, homes with poor energy labels first. But Pointer discovered that the energy label does not properly indicate how cold a house is. For example, a home can have a label and still be ice cold due to gaping cracks or incorrect insulation. Why do we focus on energy labels?
Episode 4 : Overlast van houtrook
February. 01,2024
In winter, many people like to light a crackling fire. Cozy right? But wood smoke regularly causes nuisance and can cause health problems, as is the case with Dirk. He experiences nuisance because local residents burn wood, it makes him short of breath and keeps him awake at night. If he reports it to the municipality, little happens. What can he do?
Episode 3 : Fillers bij de schoonheidsspecialist: mag niet, gebeurt wel
January. 25,2024
You can have fillers injected into your face to fill in lines and folds, or, for example, to give your lips more volume. More and more people are using them. Legally, only doctors are allowed to inject fillers. Yet you also see many beauticians without the correct papers, a lucrative business in fillers. This is not without risk, because if a filler is injected incorrectly, it can cause serious complications. Is there sufficient supervision of these actions?
Episode 2 : De gehandicaptenzorg moet anders, maar hoe?
January. 18,2024
Where should people who are dependent on someone else 24 hours a day focus? There is limited space in large healthcare institutions and the number of people working in the institutions has also been declining for years. The attention, regularity and structure of home cannot be guaranteed in such an institution. Families are faced with a dilemma: keep it at home, even if that is no longer possible, or take matters into their own hands? Everywhere in the Netherlands, parents join forces in small-scale housing initiatives that combine care and shelter. How feasible and affordable are these types of alternatives? Which buttons can be turned and by whom?
Episode 1 : De giftige lobby: de macht van chemiebedrijven
January. 11,2024
Pointer investigates the power of the Brussels pesticide lobby. More and more scientists are concerned about the relationship between pesticides and diseases such as Parkinson's, but plans to reduce the use of pesticides are encountering great resistance. The controversial herbicide Glyphosate may continue to be sold on the European market for the next ten years and an important law to halve the use of pesticides by 2030 is being rejected by the European Parliament. What tactics does the lobby use and why is it so successful?
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