[Excessive loads on schoolchild: analysis of the hygienist].

In the article there are presented the arguments of the hygienist in favor of the improvement the of pedagogical technologies inthe school for the maintenance of children's health. Recommendations expressed in this article are based on modern data of current domestic research and observations of domestic scientists hygienists, as well as on the analysis of the opinions of parents and teachers of the school.

[Innovations in the environmental hygienic protection of soils (to the hygiene concept of soil cover protection)].

The paper attracts the attention of sanitarians and scientific society to the soil hygiene issues that are, in the author's opinion, inadequately covered in both on-going studies and teaching. Based on long-term investigations, the author proposes approaches to forming the strategy for sanitary soil protection, including comprehensive waste control.

[Hygienic assessment of ambient air pollution in the industrial towns of the Republic of Karelia and that of a risk to the health status of pediatric and adolescent populations].

The pollutants entering the ambient air due to the production activity of the basic industrial enterprises situated in the western, central, and southern areas of the Republic of Karelia are analyzed. Associations are shown between the indices characterizing non-carcinogenic risks of sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitric oxides, and suspension particles and the rates of diseases of a number of systems and organs in children and adolescents in Karelia. Procedures are proposed to improve the performance of monitoring studies of environmental pollutant emissions.