Radiation in dailylife

In the everyday environment, Finns suffer the most health damage from natural radiation - radon at workplaces, at home and in leisure apartments, and from UV radiation, which must be protected from with clothes, shade and cream.

Current issues

13.3.2025
Press release

Preparation of a national programme to reduce skin cancer caused by UV radiation started

The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, has started to prepare a national programme to reduce skin cancer caused by UV radiation. The aim of the programme, which will be prepared and implemented in 2024 – 2027, is to increase the efficiency o...

28.1.2025
Press release

Finland and Estonia share information on environmental radiation in real time

Starting from the beginning of this year, the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland and the Estonian Environmental Board will be able to monitor the radiation situation in both countries in real time.