Environmental health care protects health from
dangers within the environment
The National Product Control Agency for
Welfare and Health (STTV) coordinates the national supervision and guidance of
environmental health care legislation and develops the supervisory activities.
Supervision of the Tobacco Act. STTV
is in charge of steering the Tobacco Act, steers its execution and acts as the expert in issues
regarding the application of the Tobacco Act. STTV controls that the ban on
advertising of tobacco products is complied with, and it controls the tar,
nicotine and carbon monoxide content produced through smoking tobacco products
and the additives contained in tobacco products as well as the test
laboratories and labelling.
The aim of the execution of the Tobacco Act is to prevent the health
hazards and risks caused by smoking and to reduce their occurrence.
Supervision of the Health Protection
Act. STTV
guides the execution of the Health Protection Act and manages the expert duties and development projects
concerning health protection and environmental health care services in
general. STTV developes evaluation
methods for health risks connected to the environment and acts as the expert
agency for risk management.
STTV´s aim is to protect individuals´ health and
prevent, reduce and eliminate such factors in the environment which might cause
health detriments.
Controlling of the usage of
genetically modified organisms. STTV is in
charge of controlling contained use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and
deliberate release concerning helath issues. STTV also acts as an expert
authority for issues regarding genetic engineering. STTV maintains an
electronic register consisting of notifications and applications regarding the
usage of GMOs and control documents.
The aim of control is to
protect human and animal health and the environment from possible harmful
effects of the usage of
GMOs.
More information about STTV and environmental health care
More information about Environmental Health Care Unit (in Finnish)
More information about supervision of the Tobacco Act (in Finnish)
Contact Information
Head of
Administrative Dept., Mr. Pentti Karhu, phone. + 358 9 3967 2714,
givenname.surename@sttv.fi
Head
of Environmental Health Care Unit, Mrs. Merja Vuori, phone + 358 9 3967 2805, givenname.surename@sttv. fi