Laboratory of Chemistry
Chemical Exposure Unit
Chemical exposure unit is doing research especially on:
- Compounds formed during drinking water treatment processes: their formation and health effects
- Accumulation of persistent organic pollutants to the environment and their health effects
- Research projects on persistent organic pollutants (POP) consist of:
- Occurrence of POPs in the environment
- Levels of POPs in fish
- Dietary intake of POPs
- Levels of POPs in breast milk: surveillance study in Finland
- Epidemiology of POPs: exposure studies, disease association studies
Chemical Exposure Unit provides analytical services with the aim to:
- Promote public health and improve state of the environment
- Environmental health research
Quality system of the laboratory of Chemical Exposure Unit is accredited according to standard SFS-EN ISO/IEC 17025 by the Finnish Centre for Metrology and Accreditation. Accreditation code is TO77. Fields of testing cover chemical testing of samples of environmental and biological origin. These include:
- POPs from biological and non-biological samples
- Organometallic compounds form biological and non-biological samples
- PFOS/PFOA from serum
Contacts
Hannu Kiviranta, Head of the Unit
Phone +358 20 610 6361
hannu.kiviranta
thl.fi
Secretary
Seija Nyholm, Secretary
Phone +358 20 610 6341
seija.nyholm
thl.fi
Postal address
P.O. Box 95
FIN-70701 Kuopio
Finland
Street address
Neulaniementie 4
FIN-70210 Kuopio
Finland