Environmental Health

Climate change

Climate and weather affect people's health in many ways. Climate change and extreme weather phenomena, such as heat, can be a health risk.

Climate change

In Finland, drinking water supplied by water supply plants is of very good quality and is safe to use. Legislation requires that drinking water must not contain organisms or substances that may cause health hazards.

Drinking water

Environment and health seminars

Open research seminar series on water, indoor air, moldy homes, air pollution, environmental pollutants, noise, heat, as well as their risk assessment.

Environment and health research seminars

Analytical services

THL provides the following analytical services: analysing the signs of mould in the house, surveys of indoor air-related symptoms in schools, microbiological analysis of water and environmental pollutant analysis.

Analytical services

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Environmental health research aims to ensure that everyone in Finland can eat, drink and breath, move about, and use consumer products without risking their health.

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) provides policy-makers and municipalities with information on key environmental health risks and on assessments of prevention alternatives.