title: [Results of health risk assessment due to exposure to contaminants in drinking water in Russia population (review of literature)].
abstract: With the purpose of the analysis of general trends in the development of risk assessment methodology in Russia the results obtained with the her help, as well as existing methodological problems, there was performed a review of 68 published works concerning the assessment of the health risk for population under the exposure to chemicals in drinking water carried out in 42 cities and regions of the country. There was made the grouping of Russian cities on individual carcinogenic risk level and ranking on the values for the population carcinogenic risk. A list of prioritized carcinogens in tap water has been made. By the values of the risk indices to adverse effects of chemicals tap water there are exposed central nervous system, kidneys, liver, skin and mucous membranes, blood, bone, immune system, hormone homeostasis, blood circulation and digestion organs. There are identified methodological problems leading to an underestimation of the actual risk to public health under exposure of chemicals in drinking water: there are no used regional and age differences in exposure factors, virtually there is no assessed health risk for children population; there is ignored age sensitivity to carcinogens, there is rarely estimated exposure for all the real exposing routes of income and there are no carried out risk calculations at the upper limit (90- 95th percentile) of the exposure.
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Unguryanu
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Novikov
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity; D060766:Drinking Water / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012426:Russia; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D060766:Drinking Water; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical