Rural-focused daily Maaseudun tulevaisuus continues its coverage on the plastic contamination of fertilisers as food stores don't remove packaging when sorting expired food into organic waste.
The agricultural paper reports that the environment and forestry ministries will soon convene stakeholders to discuss what can be done about the plastic shred in fertilisers.
"We'll consider whether it's necessary to tighten the guidelines or legislation," said Riitta Levinen, an official from the Ministry of the Environment.
According to the Finnish Food Authority, the law allows for a relatively large amount of plastic, as the maximum levels of impurities are based on weight. MT calculated that when spreading 20 tons of liquid manure on a hectare, the allowance is equivalent to 240 plastic bags' worth of plastic shred.
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Long Covid's long shadow
Four years on, long Covid still confounds the medical community. Helsingin Sanomat talked to Helsinki resident Ina Westman who contracted Covid-19 in the early stages of the pandemic, in March 2020, and is still suffering from various symptoms.
Westman has now published a book about living with the after-effects of the prolonged disease which she said people tend to minimise.
"I started having arrhythmias all the time, and my heart rate was through the roof. After weeks of migraines, I couldn't sleep, and I could no longer see clearly. It was shocking," Westman said of her symptoms two years after contracting coronavirus.
Some 21,000 people in Finland have received a long Covid diagnosis, though this is a rough estimate as diagnostic practices vary, according to the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
Finland sixth
Three Nordic countries ranked higher than Finland regarding quality of life, reports Ilta-Sanomat, citing U.S. News and World Report's ranking of 89 countries. The list awarded points on factors including job security, political stability, individual freedom and environmental quality.
Denmark topped the list. Another Nordic country outperforming Finland was Sweden, securing second place. Switzerland ranked third in terms of quality of life, while Norway took fourth and Canada fifth. Finland ended up in sixth place.
Overall, the Nordics excelled across all metrics, apart from affordability.
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