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EXPERIENCE IN ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ACCUMULATED ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ON THE LIFE AND HEALTH OF CITIZENS IN THE ARCTIC TERRITORIES OF RUSSIA

JOURNAL: Volume 15, No. 4, 2025, p. 567-579

HEADING: Ecology

AUTHORS: Zaitseva, N.V., May, I.V., Maksimova, E.V., Poplavskaya, T.V.

ORGANIZATIONS: Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies, Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Krasnoyarsk Territory

DOI: 10.25283/2223-4594-2025-4-567-579

UDC: 614.78, 614.79

The article was received on: 29.07.2025

Keywords: pollution, Arctic zone, objects of accumulated environmental harm, living environment, risks to public health

Bibliographic description: Zaitseva, N.V., May, I.V., Maksimova, E.V., Poplavskaya, T.V. Experience in assessing the impact of accumulated environmental damage on the life and health of citizens in the Arctic territories of Russia. Arktika: ekologiya i ekonomika. [Arctic: Ecology and Economy], 2025, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 567-579. DOI: 10.25283/2223-4594-2025-4-567-579. (In Russian).

Abstract:

The high potential and economic importance of the Arctic zone for the national economy requires the most targeted and effective activities to eliminate the environmental damage accumulated in the territory and improve the safety of the population. The latter is important, since maintaining and improving human health is a key guarantee of successful development of the regional economy.

The article presents the main methodological approaches and results of assessing the health risks of the population in the zones of influence of objects of accumulated damage in the Far North using the example of objects in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. In the population living environment — in water and soil — compounds of hazardous impurities (lead, arsenic, etc.) have been recorded in concentrations that form unacceptable health risks. The morbidity of the population in the zones of influence of the objects is several times higher than the average for the territory. Of the 11 objects studied, 10 are classified as objects of “high risk to public health” and are subject to liquidation as a matter of priority.

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