[Problems of hygienic safety of passenger transportation]. / Problemy gigienicheskogo obespecheniia passazhirskikh perevozok.

Research in the sphere of railway hygiene helped develop sanitary regulations for railway stations, centers for preparation of passenger cars for exploitation, train restaurants, etc. The authors demonstrate the advances in prophylactic disinfection of stations and cars, in assessment of the hygienic hazards of polymeric materials used in car making and of the microclimate in the cars, etc. Trends for investigation in railway transport hygiene are outlined.

[Hygienic problems of protecting water reservoirs during washing of freight cars]. / Gigienicheskie problemy okhrany vodoemov pri obmyvke gruzovykh vagonov.

The authors analyze the hygienic problems related to utilizing the recirculation water supply for washing freight cars. Hygienic standards for water quality in open systems of technical water supply to railway enterprises, first developed in 1994, are presented. Measures aimed at prevention of discharge of the remainder of freight into waste water are proposed, including the collection and realization thereof.