The Use of Results of the Calculation of Atmospheric Pollution for the Social Hygienic Monitoring

Kiselev, A. V.; Grigoreva, Ya. V.

doi:10.18821/0016-9900-2017-96-4-306-309

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“…Modern risk-oriented methodology of the feasibility of distribution of population by groups, objects and territories of risk [8,9,17]. Need to be methodical and scientific explanation of complex medico-social, hygiene and ecological regional studies with the use of integrated quantitative and qualitative indicators of health and health-related quality of life of the population of administrative territories with high anthropogenic load, which can serve as criteria of effectiveness of implementation of regional environmental programs [1,14,16,21].…”

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Health-related quality of life assessment when implementing ecology programs

2020

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The article presents the results of the analysis of the priority health-related quality of life criteria of metropolis residents (St. Petersburg), who live on the territories under the environmental risk and have the signs specific for respiratory diseases. The survey targets analyzing the severity of the main functioning types in the health-related quality of life structure taken in conjunction with the environmental factors. The clinical and statistical analysis and screening questionnaire were performed with the use the specialized questionnaire WHO, to identify the risk factors, the prevalence of the clinical symptoms and chronic respiratory diseases. The importance of the impact was established with deterioration of the life quality indicators at various degrees of the clinical status of the patients at the chronic respiratory disease development stages. The priority health-related quality of life assessment criteria were developed by the types of functioning, providing for classification of the urban residents by medical and environmental risk groups. Insufficient medical awareness and medical preventive care of urban residents were found to increase the impact of the adverse environmental factors on the development of the respiratory diseases. The revealed regularities allowed developing the medical and environmental programs for organizational and functional interaction of the experts.

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Health-related quality of life assessment when implementing ecology programs

2020

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Sanitary and Hygienic Characteristics of the Ambient Air of Major Roads in an Industrial City

Musikhina¹,

Stepanova²,

Musikhina³

2021

PH&LE

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Summary. Introduction: In the modern urbanized environment, there is a tendency of increasing environmental stress related to the growth of technical equipment, intensification of the use of urban areas and the development of the complex transport network, which is a source of noise and air pollution. Understanding of this problem served as an incentive to conduct a sanitary inspection of the main transport routes of Omsk, which is an industrial metropolis with an irrational distribution of traffic flows, a large number of cars, and a practical absence of roadside landscaping. Our objective was to assess the main transport routes in the city of Omsk by studying the intensity of traffic flows, measuring traffic noise level and carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations on the roadway and in adjacent residential areas. Materials and methods: All measurements were taken during off-peak hours. Vehicle traffic counting was used to establish the proportion of freight and public transport cars in the total number of passing vehicles. The study objects included traffic density (the number of vehicles per hour), the average velocity of the traffic flow, the type of roadway coverage, the presence of a dividing line, and the type of highway noise barriers used. Results: Our findings showed that road traffic noise levels and CO concentrations measured at the highways and at the border of adjacent residential areas exceeded their maximum permissible values. Measures to reduce adverse health effects of traffic noise pollution and on-road vehicle emissions of carbon monoxide are proposed.

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Comparative assessment of the carcinogenic risk arising from the release of products of high-temperature and low-temperature neutralization of medical waste into the air

Khurtsilava,

Mironenko,

Noskov

et al. 2023

Hygiene and Sanitation

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Introduction. The problem of neutralization/decontamination of medical waste generated in medical institutions occupies a significant place among the existing epidemiological and environmental problems. Domestic and foreign colleagues consider the use of thermal methods for the disposal of medical waste to be a priority. Despite technological advances in the system of purification of «exhaust» gases, the work of enterprises for the disposal of medical waste is still of concern to the population of the territories in which they operate. The objective of the study. The assessment of the impact of low-temperature and high-temperature thermal treatment of medical waste on the atmospheric air and public health in the zone of their influence to substantiate the laboratory control program using these technologies. Materials and methods. The work used sanitary-chemical methods for studying emissions from installations for the thermal treatment of medical waste, modelling the dispersion of emissions with the calculation of ground-level concentrations, and the methodology for assessing the risk to public health based on «Guidelines for assessing the risk to public health from exposure to chemicals polluting the environment». Results. The results of the calculation of the carcinogenic risk to public health from high-temperature neutralization technologies are assessed as the maximum allowable and acceptable, from the low-temperature method as acceptable. Limitations. Emissions from the main technologies for the disposal of medical waste included substances with a carcinogenic effect, but the carcinogenic risk was calculated only for those substances that had a carcinogenic potential factor. Conclusion. Based on the results of the study, when managing production laboratory control programs and monitoring atmospheric air in the impact zone of medical waste incineration enterprises, it is necessary to include the such components in the mandatory list of monitored indicators as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, suspended solids, cadmium oxide, nitrogen oxide, dioxins, and benz/a/pyrene; in the operating area of installations for low-temperature thermal treatment of medical waste (autoclaving), it is necessary to control chemical components as follows: benzene, dimethylbenzene, methylbenzene, ethylbenzene, 2-butoxyethanol, butan-1-ol, propan-1-ol.

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The Use of Results of the Calculation of Atmospheric Pollution for the Social Hygienic Monitoring

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Health-related quality of life assessment when implementing ecology programs

Health-related quality of life assessment when implementing ecology programs

Sanitary and Hygienic Characteristics of the Ambient Air of Major Roads in an Industrial City

Comparative assessment of the carcinogenic risk arising from the release of products of high-temperature and low-temperature neutralization of medical waste into the air

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