Assessment of ambient air quality in areas influenced by fuel and energy enterprises to provide environmental safety of the population

Abstract

The article provides the spatial-dynamic and structural hygienic assessment of influence exerted by fuel and energy enterprises on ambient air quality and potential public health risks in the Russian Federation. An average potential health risk level (Rlav) equaled 5.44∙10-4 per one economic entity operating in the ‘Electrical power, gas and steam supply; air conditioning’ branch in the RF as a whole. In the RF regions, the highest potential health risk level per one economic entity was identified in the Siberian Federal District where it equaled 9.9∙10-4. According to the Register, the exposure level (Mi) established for economic entities operating in the ‘Electrical power, gas and steam supply; air conditioning’ branch and belonging to extremely high and high risk categories varies within the range of 0.0928 – 0.0093 and 0.00921 – 0.00092 million people accordingly; a potential health risk level identified for such economic entities equals 1.11∙10-3 – 0.17 and 1.0∙10-4 – 9.8∙10-4 accordingly.