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increasing, the latter two regions stomach-intestinal 

 pathologies. In Maslyaninsk region a variety of cancers 

 predominate. 



As earlier analysis indicated, the unfavorable radiation 

 situation in Novosibirsk city and the Moshkovsk region was due to 

 contamination of the soil and air due to radioactivity and 

 chemical substances form the Khimkontsentrat company; this 

 includes the arrangement of unsanctioned dumping of waste by this 

 and other companies in the city in Moshkovsk and the Novosibirsk 

 region. The problem in Maslyaninsk region is the largest in the 

 whole area (200-210 kg per individual per year and 70-80 kg per 

 hector of contamination of agricultural land by mineral 

 fertilizers and poisonous chemicals) . 



In the Tomsk region there has been an increase in 

 oncological illnesses related to environmental contamination. 

 For example, in 1976 illnesses from malignant tumors was 107.9 

 per 100 thousand individuals, in 1986 the figure was already 

 277.4 per 100 thousand, a 2.5 fold increase. Research was done 

 by several agencies (HII, Tts SO RAMN and VTs TIASYRa) using 

 photographs from space of Tomsk city: one of the photographs 

 showed (are left blank on page) in infrared radiation in the 

 range of 0.8-0.9 micrometers on 19-June-1988 , when laid on a map 

 of Tomsk of analogous scale, showed a correspondence of the dark 

 spots with the location of the industries in the city. 



In Magadan the complex index expressing the amount of 

 atmospheric contamination varied from 7.7 in 1980 to 19.3 in 

 1988, eg. an increase of more than two times. It was shown that 

 the effects of air pollution on human health in combination with 

 extreme ecological factors lead to the formation of specific 

 pathological conditions, increases in pnemoniabronchitis and 

 allergies (bronchial asthma) . This is indicated by the illness 

 and death statistics in Magadan from cancer. During the last ten 

 years, illness from cancers of all kinds rose by 42.4%, 

 respiratory cancer by 65%. Death from all cancers in the Magadan 

 region rose by 73% in the last 10 years, while death from 

 respiratory cancer almost doubled. 



There were sharp increases in mortality in residence of the 

 Magadan region from illness related to radiation contamination. 

 During the last ten years oncological illnesses related to 

 radiation increased by more than two fold. Note that mortality 

 among Magadan residence from digestive tract cancer decreased 

 during this period by 15%. 



Total and standardized mortality indices in the Magadan 

 population from the above causes increased, with the exception of 

 the rural population (men) , where the standardized index 

 stabilized at the 1979 level. In urban men, mortality in 1986 as 

 compared to 1970 rose by 31.6%, but in rural men it decreased by 

 6% during this period, which is due to migration from rural 

 regions, especially by men. 



In women the mortality from cancer in urban areas increased 

 by 19.4%; in rural areas by 23.4%. 



In addition to migration factors, changes in the mortality 

 statistics due to cancer is related to environmental pollution, 

 mainly air pollution. This is indicated by the mortality 



