The Act aims at prevention of harm to man and the environment caused by chemicals. “Chemicals” are defined in section 10 as “chemical element compounds as they occur naturally or as produced industrially (substances) and mixtures of two or more substances”. The Act provides rules relative to security in manufacture, importation, storage, distribution, etc. of chemicals but it does not apply to transport of chemicals by road, air, sea or mail and transit of chemicals through Finland (sect. 2). Se