Many Finns want to trim meat consumption, survey finds
In the 1950s Finns ate an average of 25kg of meat per year, but nowadays the annual amount has ballooned to about 80kg.
File photo of person eating a hamburger.
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Meat dishes are often the centrepieces at mealtime in Finland but many residents seem to want to cut down on their meat consumption, according to an Yle survey.
Around 44 percent of respondents to the survey said they wanted to cut down on the amount of meat they consume.
Meanwhile, around 39 percent said they did not want to reduce their meat intake while 17 percent did not have an opinion on the matter.
Finland s national parks busier than ever last year
The record visitor numbers weren t exclusively due to the pandemic, Finland s parks and forestry agency says.
National parks saw a 23 percent increase in the number of visitors last year compared to 2019.
Image: Julia Sieppi / Yle
Finland s national parks saw over four million visits last year, according to parks and forestry agency Metsähallitus.
That figure represents a 23 percent increase on 2019 s visitor numbers.
With the coronavirus pandemic placing restrictions on international travel, more people have visited destinations within Finland. However, Metsähallitus says the pandemic alone does not account for the growth of interest in national parks.
Finland buys over 1 million litres of disinfectant and 100 million masks in 2020
The volume of hand disinfectant sold in Finland last year would more than half fill an Olympic-size swimming pool.
Last spring, Finland was threatened by a shortage of hand disinfectant. As a result many companies shifted their focus of production to meet demand.
Image: Matti Myller / Yle
The sudden appearance of the coronavirus in the spring of 2020 created massive demand for hand sanitation products and face masks in Finland.
Like many businesses last March, the Tampere-based company Poikain Parhaat, a firm specialising in natural food products, saw sales stall as the pandemic worsened.
Allergic diseases are more common among dogs and their owners in urban environments
In urban environments, allergic diseases are more common among dogs and their owners compared to those living in rural areas.
Simultaneous allergic traits appear to be associated with the microbes found in the environment, but microbes relevant to health differ between dogs and humans.
In a joint research project known as DogEnvi, researchers from the University of Helsinki, the Finnish Environment Institute and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare have previously observed that dogs are more likely to have allergies when their owners suffer from allergic symptoms.
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