[Current lines of methodology for risk assessment]

Area of Science:

• Human Ecology and Environmental Health
• Toxicology
• Environmental Science

Context:

• Guidance studies conducted at the A. N. Sysin Research Institute of Human Ecology and Environmental Health.
• Focus on risk assessment for short- and long-term human exposures to deleterious substances.
• Application of computer technologies for health risk and damage assessment.

Purpose:

• Validate toxicological and hygienic criteria for risk assessment.
• Develop and introduce methods for assessing health risk and damage.
• Elaborate guidelines for establishing cause-and-effect relationships between environmental changes and health indices.

Summary:

• Characterizes health damage from ambient air pollution in Russian cities.
• Tests scientific developments in assessing multi-environmental risk near industrial emissions (aluminum works, chemical/petrochemical enterprises).
• Determines the contribution of Moscow's fuel-and-energy complex emissions to ambient air pollution risks.

Impact:

• Provides a framework for improving socio-hygienic monitoring through risk assessment.
• Identifies key areas for the further development of modern risk assessment guidance studies.
• Highlights the health impacts of industrial and energy complex emissions on human populations.