Chemical Safety Science, 2018, Volume 2, No 2, p. 85 — 95

 

Chemical hazard sources. Hazardous chemical substances

 

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DOI: 10.25514/CHS.2018.2.14105

 

DIOXIN-LIKE CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: SYSTEMATIZATION AND EVALUATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH RISK DATA

V. S. Roumak1,2, E. S. Levenkova*1,2, and N. V. Umnova1

1Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

2Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Received October 09, 2018

Published December 26, 2018

Abstract – The data obtained by the authors in their own long-term investigations of an ecologically-dependent pathology emerged among the population of Vietnam as a result of applying dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange by the US Army between 1962 and 1971, were systematized and used for addressing a problem of low dose toxicometry of dioxins and their prolonged chronic effects on mammals and humans. The prospects for extending the above scientific research data to public health hazards in Russia were demonstrated in screening evaluation study of an ecotoxicological situation observed in the residential areas located in the vicinity of a municipal solid waste landfill (Salariyevo, New Moscow). These data provide a basis for creating a new approach for identifying disadvantaged areas polluted with dioxins. The scientific relevance of the studies is consistent with a task of overcoming the so-termed big challenges taken as strategic guidelines for scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation.

Keywords: dioxins, superecotoxicants, ecology-dependent pathology, dioxin pathology, large challenges, screening evaluation.


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