Principles underlying the establishment of air quality standards in USSR

Assessment of concentration peaks in setting exposure limits for air contaminants at workplaces, with special emphasis on narcotic and irritative gases and vapors.

“…In a comparison of limits in 1973 it was found that 88 070 of the Russian limits was lower than the corresponding values of the ACGIH (22). The explanation for this difference is that the Russian limits are based on other criteria (20,22,29), including sensitive neurophysiological test parameters and biochemical changes during examinations of experimental human subjects, as well as on results from animal experiments.…”

“…In a comparison of limits in 1973 it was found that 88 070 of the Russian limits was lower than the corresponding values of the ACGIH (22). The explanation for this difference is that the Russian limits are based on other criteria (20,22,29), including sensitive neurophysiological test parameters and biochemical changes during examinations of experimental human subjects, as well as on results from animal experiments. Holmberg & Winell (20) found that the Russian limits are therefore lower than the corresponding American values from the ACGIH, especially in the case of organic solvents, while on the other hand the limits for irritant and lung-toxic gases and vapors, along with metals and metallic salts, are comparable in the two countries.…”

Surface monitoring of fire pollution

“…Although the USSR was the first country in the world to define the standards for acceptable AQ (Izmerov, 1974), the data from the government-sponsored monitoring network nor information about the precision of instruments, statistical methods, reporting frequency, or the number of monitoring sites does not appear to be publicly available. The Russian Federal…”

Occupational health standards. An international comparison.

“…A common criterion behind the MPCs are changes in the nervous response as seen in experimental animals after exposure to toxic substances (24,31,55). Changes in stress reactions, conditioned reflexes, or in the function of the brain cortex have been looked for, in the last mentioned case by electroencephalographic methods (43).…”