Man must be able to breathe, drink, eat and live in the environment trusting on its safety. This is both individual's civil right and a prerequisite for a functioning society and economy.
Environmental health risk analysis forms the umbrella that covers most of the research at KTL Department of Environmental Health. Our Centre of Excellence for Environmental Health Risk Analysis is aimed at improving risk analysis methodology using dioxins and urban air particles as case studies.
As environmental health risk analysis must be based on high quality multidisciplinary science, we focus on selected themes and study them from exposures to health effects. The research is typically conducted in multicenter studies involving often all five units of the Department and the most capable domestic and foreign collaborators. The main research themes are air pollution, drinking water, moldy buildings, chemicals, asthma and allergies, and risk assessment.
BrochureThe information concerning the organisational structure is out-of-date. However, the contact details are still valid. The personnel of the National Public Health Institute (KTL) will assume their new duties at the National Institute for Health and Welfare in March–April 2009.