[The results of studies of the effect of asbestos on the health of working people and the population, conducted by the Yekaterinburg Medical Research Center].

The paper presents the basic results of 75-year studies of the Yekaterinburg Medical Research Center to evaluate the effect of asbestos on the health status of working people and the population, which have yielded basic hygienic, sanitary, clinical, epidemiological, and experimental data on the effect of asbestos on the health status of working people and the population and led to the conclusion that the center's experience in studying the problems may serve as the real basis for substantiating the safe permissible controlled use of chrysotile asbestos.

[Efficiency of biotesting as a rapid method for assessing the hazard of environment pollution to human health].

The paper provides the results of studies, which lend support to the efficiency of rapid biotesting methods in the estimation of hazards to human health.

[Basic hygiene of organizing the systems of household and drinkable water supplies in Middle Urals].

The authors suggest a methodology of decision making in organization of centralized household and drinkable water supplies, with consideration of local peculiarities.

[Providing safe environment for health of population living near aluminium industry enterprises].

Based on studies of environmental objects and of children's health, the authors justified systematic approach to hygienic evaluation of aluminium plant reconstruction stages, for rational management in minimizing risk of environmental pollution and for health preservation.