PMID- 12380286
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20021127
LR  - 20161020
IS  - 0869-6047 (Print)
IS  - 0869-6047 (Linking)
IP  - 9
DP  - 2002
TI  - [Chemical substances in the Russian urban environment: hazard to human health and 
      prospects for its prevention].
PG  - 45-9
AB  - The paper deals with the situation associated with some substances, as described 
      by the UNEP/Chemicals as priority persistent toxic, in the Russian Federation. 
      Among them, lead was shown to head the list of them and its blood levels may be 
      greater than the recommended allowable level of 10 micrograms/dl in almost 2 
      million children in different regions of the country. Exposure to mercury and 
      cadmium is of local character, but some regions (the Irkutsk Region, Bashkiria, 
      Vladikavkaz, V. Pyshma) showed specific changes in human health. Among persistent 
      organic pollutants (POPs) there are polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) extensively 
      used in the transformers, which present the greatest hazard. These substances 
      were found to be of significance as a risk factor (OR = 1.7, 95% CI 0.9-1.3) for 
      female infertility in the town of Serpukhov where PCB-containing capacitors were 
      manufactured. Reproductive and endocrine disorders (higher incidence of 
      abortions, infertility, late gestoses, cryptorchidism, retarded male sexual 
      development, etc.) are common in the residents of Chapaevsk (Samara Region), one 
      of the world's most dioxin-contaminated towns. In the female residents of this 
      town, the highest global concentrations of dioxins were recorded in the breast 
      milk and blood (43.3 and 24-75 pg TEQ/g fat, respectively). The ambient air in 
      the most industrial towns of Russia was demonstrated to contain increased 
      benz(a)pyrene, but there is very little analytical environmental and 
      epidemiological evidence for the carcinogenic effect of these substances by 
      taking into account of the factor of smoking. The population of many cities and 
      towns in Russia is at risk for consumption of drinking water containing excess 
      water disinfection products. Special preventive programs to reduce the adverse 
      effects of the above persistent toxic agents should be elaborated and introduced.
FAU - Revich, B A
AU  - Revich BA
LA  - rus
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Khimicheskie veshchestva v okruzhaiushchei srede gorodov Rossii: opasnost' dlia 
      zdorov'ia naseleniia i perspektivy profilaktiki.
PL  - Russia (Federation)
TA  - Vestn Ross Akad Med Nauk
JT  - Vestnik Rossiiskoi akademii meditsinskikh nauk
JID - 9215641
RN  - 0 (Hazardous Substances)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Pollution/*prevention & control
MH  - *Hazardous Substances
MH  - *Health Promotion
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - Russia
MH  - *Urban Population
EDAT- 2002/10/17 04:00
MHDA- 2002/11/28 04:00
CRDT- 2002/10/17 04:00
PHST- 2002/10/17 04:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/11/28 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/10/17 04:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Vestn Ross Akad Med Nauk. 2002;(9):45-9.