[MONITORING OF THE CONTENT OF HEAVY METALS AND ELEMENTS IN THE SNOW COVER IN AGRICULTURAL SOILS AT THE TERRITORY OF THE MOSCOW REGION].

The monitoring of snow cover pollution by heavy metals and elements (zinc, copper, lead, cadmium, arsenic, nickel, chromium, strontium, manganese, fluorine, lithium) was performed in 20 districts of the Moscow region in 2009, 2012 and 2013. The assessment of the levels of contamination by heavy metals and elements was given by means of comparison of them with the average values in the snow cover near Moscow in the end of the last century and in some areas of the world, that no exposed to technological environmental impact. 7 districts of Moscow region were characterized by a high content of lead and cadmium in the snow water. It requires the control of water, soil and agricultural products pollution.

[The morphofunctional cellular evaluation of liver and kidney in rats in dynamics of 6-month consumption of water produced with the use of noncontact activation after electrochemical treatment].

There were investigated morphofunctional indices of liver and kidney in male outbred rats in the dynamics of the 6-months consumption of water after its noncontact activation. There were studied 4 experimental groups of animals consumed waters named as "Anolyte" and in dependence on the activation time, 3 types of catholyte water ("Catholyte--5", "Catholyte--25", "Catholyte--40"). Moscow tap water settled for a week served as control. "Anolyte" water was found to increase in the kidney the number of hypertrophied gromeruli only in 6 months, while the consumption of "Catholyte--25" water and especially, "Catholyte--40" in 1 and 6 months caused the damage of liver and kidney, and for the index of alteration of renal glomeruli after 6 months of water consumption there was revealed the dependence on the activation time of "Catalytes".

[INDICES OF THE OXIDATIVE STATUS IN CHRONIC ADMINISTRATION OF COLLOID CARBONATE CALCIUM PRAPARATION WITH FAUCET AND LOW-MINERALIZED DRINKING WATER IN RATS].

There are discussed the changes of an array of indices of the oxidative status in chronic administration of colloidal calcium carbonate preparation with faucet and low-mineralized drinking water to rats. Slight differences between significant effects of administration of 3 and 30 mg/L of preparation permit to suggest that the process of its incoming delivery into organism of rats has a bottleneck in the nature of total capacity of macrophages of intestinal lymphoid tissue to absorption of particles.

[Headspace analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in drinking water by the method of gas chromatography].

In the paper there is presented a methodology of analysis of headspace 52 volatile organic compounds in drinking water by the method of gas chromatography with the use of the chromatograph "Crystal 5000.2" with three detectors and automatic attachment Lab Hut 200N NT-200 for the preparation of the sample water and vapor phase input. The lower limit of detection for all compounds in the 2-10 times lower than that of the corresponding standard value.

[Biochemical effects of chronic peroral administration of carbon nanotubes and activated charcoal in drinking water in rats].

Chronic 6-month experiment was carried out in rats, which received drinking water with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), diameter of 15-40 nm, length ≥ 2 mkm) or activated charcoal (AC, diameter of 10-100 mkm), blood samples of the animals were used for assessment of biochemical markers. Both coal compounds induced the appearance of signs of oxidative stress 2 weeks after the beginning of the experiment and alteration of serum markers of liver and renal damage, as well as changes of cortisol and protein serum concentrations later Thus, despite of known high (asbest-like) inhalation toxicity of carbon nanotubes in comparison with other carbon allotrops (fullerenes and black carbon), we have found similar effects of MWCNTs and carbon microparticles in orally treated rats.

[Monitoring of the chemical composition of snow cover pollution in the Moscow region].

Monitoring of snow cover pollution as an indicator of ambient air pollution in 20 districts in the Moscow region during 2009-2013 was performed. The identification with a quantitative assessment of a wide array of organic compounds and the control of the main physical and chemical and inorganic indices of snow water pollution were carried out. More than 60 organic substances for most of which there are no the hygienic standards were established. The assessment of pollution levels of basic inorganic indices was given by means of the comparing them with the average values in the snow cover in the European territory of Russia and natural content in areas not been exposed to human impact.

[Effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on the morphofunctional state of the small intestine cells of mice].

The experiment was conducted in male mice SBAchS57Vl/6 and Balb/c, which consumed water, obtained from the use of carbon nanotubes. in a free drinking regimen for 2 weeks (mice SBAchS57Vl/6) and 2 months (mice Balb/c) Control group consisted of three groups of animals: intact and mice received fine coal in the same concentrations as under the impact of the nanotubes. Under exposure to the maximal of the studied concentration of carbon nanotubes a significant change in the fine structure of the villi of the small intestine was found in the form of increasing the number of unstructured villi and proliferation of epithelial cells, most pronounced in duration of exposure until 2 months.

[Analytical control of organic impurities in the drinking and bottled water after its contact with a pack and filters made from polymer materials].

The paper provides the results of gas chromatographic analysis of organic impurities in the drinking water after its contact with various packs and filters made from polymer materials. Vapor-phase analysis in combination with selective gas chromatographic detectors was used to determine volatile substances and liquid extraction in combination with chromatographic mass-spectrometry was employed to identify high-boiling compounds. The release sources of toxic compounds from materials to water, the taste and odor of which is affected by them were studied.

[Effect of the drinking water changed by the hydrogen-oxygen composition on some biochemical parameters of experimental animals].

The biological action of the drinking waters containing different deuterium levels (7, 30, 60, 90, 250, and 1000 mg/l) on the activity of N-acetyl-b-D-glucosaminidase, catalase, the content of triglycerides in the serum and liver was studied in a chronic (12-month) experiment on outbred albino mature male rats. The animals taking the water containing 145 mg/l of deuterium were chosen as a control group. The biochemical studies showed the negative effect of the waters on some links of the organism's defense of the organism. The most pronounced changes were noted in the group of animals taking the water containing 1000 mg/l of deuterium.

[Important problems of high quality drinking water supply, and the ways of their solution].

The article covers the results of experimental and natural studies concerning important directions in the field of drinking water supply, including such aspects as: research into and classification of the barrier role of conventional and prospective technologies of water preparation in terms of chemical and biological pollution; revision of the standards of drinking water quality control in accordance with international documents; the main aspects of revision of the general conception of high quality water supply, within which hygienic requirements concerning the quality of prepackaged waters and the ranking of different techniques of water preparation used in water purification units, have been developed for the first time. The authors present the results of experimental studies on the patterns of disinfection, purification, and conditioning of drinking water quality using energetic- and-information technologies of water preparation.

[Impact of iodination on the total mutagenic activity of chlorinated tap water].

The impact of iodination on the total mutagenic activity (TMA) of chlorinated tap water was studied. Iodination was made, by using iodine in doses of 0.5 to 4.0 mg/l on an experimental unit at pH 7.3-7.5 for 30 min. Organic water pollutants were concentrated, by using the polymer sorbent Separon SE. The mutagenic activity of water concentrates was evaluated in the Ames test using the strains Salmonella TA 100 and TA 98 both in the presence and in the absence of the metabolic activation system. Iodination substantially reduced the TMA of chlorinated tap water. The minimally effective dose of iodine against the TMA of chlorinated tap water was 1 mg/l, as evidenced by the tests using all the strains/variants and 0.5 mg/l, as shown by the tests using the strain TA 100 in the variant without metabolic activation.

["Copy-pair" model for calculating the effect of the water factor on the health status of residents in an epidemiological study]. / Modeli "kopiia-para" dlia vychleneniia vliianiia vodnogo faktora na sostoianie zdorov'ia naseleniia v épidemiologicheskom issledovanii.

The paper presents the results of testing 4 main models of copy-pair examinations in some cities and towns of the country, which have been recommended for singling out the influence of a water factor on human health in epidemiological surveys. A locality with varying water supply (drinking water quality) in its different parts is shown to be methodologically the best model.

[Sanitary and technological solutions of the elimination of iodine deficiency by iodination of drinking water]. / Gigienicheskie i tekhnologicheskie resheniia problemy ustraneniia iodnogo defitsita putem iodirovaniia pit'evoi vody.

Comprehensive studies of the sanitary standards provided research evidence for the maximum allowable concentrations of iodine in the drinking water by taking into account its daily allowances dose and the formation of transformation by-products due to iodine disinfection, drinking water preservation, and iodine deficiency prevention in the endemic areas. Techniques of water iodination have been devised and tested in the experimental and industrial setting, including those for packaging drinking water, as well as those by using portable water purifiers based on highly effective iodine-selective adsorptive compounds which make it possible to solve the task of administering iodine dosages into the water (with allowances born in mind), under domestic conditions as well.

[Methods of drinking water conservation in autonomous objects (review)]. / O sposobakh konservatsii pit'evoi vody na avtonomnykh ob"ektakh (obzorl.

The purpose of this study was to analyse literature on the use of different methods for conserving the quality of drinking water in autonomous objects. The analysis showed that the use of silver ions, impulsive electric discharges and their combinations are the best methods for conservation of water. It is necessary to make further research to develop new methods for drinking-water conservation.