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

There are still radioactive substances in nature in Finland that originate from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.  The annual report on Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Finland by the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority details radioactive substances found in nature last year that do not originally bel...

In its monitoring project, the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) examined the UV intensity of six devices used to attach lash extensions. The devices are used in beauty care to cure lash extension glue using UV radiation and have grown in popularity over the last couple of years.