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V A Kaptsov

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[Problems of ecologically-caused illness].

The paper presents data on environmental factor-induced changes in human health. The health status was studied in rail workers living and working in the areas exposed to radiation. This demonstrated a higher incidence of neoplasms, anemias, alimentary and circulatory diseases. Children had a high incidence of chronic lymphonoid tissue diseases and anemias. It is suggested that a complex of negative environmental factors is formed not only by radiation, but also by industrial pollution of the areas and by adverse and hazardous occupational factors.

Environmental Illness↗
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[Ecological hazard of railway objects and human health status].

The paper deals with environment-induced changes in the health status of the population living in areas exposed to factors associated with the activities of railway objects and associates them with the data obtained from a comprehensive assessment of environmental pollution at the present level of technological process of an object under study, in this case it is a locomotive depot in one of the towns of the Moscow Region.

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[Real problems of conducting social-hygienic monitoring on railroads].

Sociohygienic monitoring on the railway transport, which is a branch part of the state sociohygienic monitoring system, includes observation, analysis, assessment, and prediction of the health status and habitat of railway workers and population to be served, as well as the establishment of associations of the health status with environmental factors. Standard legal, scientific-and-methodological, and organizational bases have been set up for branch monitoring. The basic parameters and the procedure for interaction of branch and territorial entities have been defined.

Humans↗
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[Railway use of asbestos-containing rubble: environmental hygienic aspects].

The paper presents the results of a study of the gravimetric and counting concentrations of respirable asbestos fibers while working with sand-and-crushed stone mixtures, obtained from the concentration of chrysotile asbestos, at distances of 25, 50, and 100 m from the working place, as well as in a car saloon when the electric train passes along the area of these operations following an hour, a day, and a year after the completion of work, in warm and colds seasons of a year. It is concluded that the use of asbestos-containing sand-and-crushed stone mixtures on the railway leads to a higher anthropogenic asbestos load on the population living in the railway right-of-way, on railway workers and passengers. In this connection, it is necessary to evaluate risk factors of asbestos-induced diseases among the above contingents. The authors consider that due to the fact that asbestos-containing sand-and-crushed stone mixtures are well wetted with water, followed by the formation of a firm surface crust that prevents dust formation, as well as the short duration and rare frequency of operations relating their change, it is necessary to irrigate the repair areas with water or surfactant liquids after work termination.

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[Sanitary monitoring of the procedure of cleaning hopper cars after carriage of mineral fertilizers: ecological and hygienic aspects].

The paper presents the results of field tests of a hopper wagon after carriage of mineral fertilizers, which are further to be used for grain carriage. The tests were carried out step by steps: washings from the inner surface of the hopper wagon after carriage of mineral fertilizers in order to identify chemical substances and 12 hours after its abrasive sandblasting; washings from the inner surface, air sampling for filters and into absorbable solutions after completion of wagon blowing 2 hours after dust removal and 30 days after application of an Epovin enamel. It has been concluded that most ions as components of mineral fertilizers were found in the amounts greater than the maximum acceptable concentrations on the walls and inside the hopper wagon after mechanical cleaning of its inner surface of the wagon that carries minerals, as well as its subsequent abrasive sandblasting and blowing.

Air Pollutants↗
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[Hygienic optimization of the use of chemical protective means on railway transport].

The paper presents data characterizing the working conditions of railway workers. It shows that there is the greatest levels of noise and vibration, the burden and intensity of work. The worst working conditions are noted in energy supply, car, locomotive services and track facilities. The working conditions determine a significant industrial risk of railway workers since the prevention of health abnormalities by using chemical protective means is a topical problem. The priority lines of hygienic rationale for optimization the choice and use of chemical protective means for workers exposed to occupational hazards are determined.

Electromagnetic Fields↗
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[The activity of the ad hoc commission on "The Problems of Human Protection under Extreme Conditions": results and prospects].

The paper summarizes the results of 10-year activity of the ad hoc commission on "The Problems of Human Protection under Extreme Conditions" of the Interdepartmental Scientific Council on Human Ecology and Environmental Hygiene, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. It shows the work of the Commission on Planning, Organization, and Coordination of Researches in the Development and Introduction of New Human Protective Agents and Means from Exposures to Chemical, Physical, and Biological Agents under Extreme Conditions. The prospects of the Commission's work have been defined for the coming 5 years, by taking into account the priority lines of development of science, technology, engineering in the Russian Federation.

Conservation of Natural Resources↗