Environmental health

A healthy and safe living environment is of great importance to a person’s health and well-being. The Environmental health authorities monitor living environments and aim to reduce, eliminate and prevent environmental health risks.  

Environmental health includes the monitoring of health protection, food, the tobacco law and animal health and welfare, as well as veterinary services.  

The collaborative area of environmental health in the Jyväskylä region includes:

• Hankasalmi 
• Joutsa 
• Jyväskylä 
• Luhanka 
• Multia  
• Muurame 
• Petäjävesi 
• Toivakka 
• Uurainen and
• Äänekoski

Environmental health provides advice, training, inspections, samples and statements.