Workplace monitoring and occupational health studies at the centre for production of phosphorus mineral fertilizers, Voskresensk (Moscow Region, Russia), using nuclear and related analytical techniques. Part 2

The results on further monitoring the workplaces of the 'Mineral Fertilizers' plant in Voskresensk (Moscow Region), one of the largest centres for producing phosphorus mineral fertilizers in Russia, and adjacent to it territories are reported. Snow has been chosen as a depositing media to characterize both aerosol and gaseous components of atmospheric pollution. Data on cation-anion analysis in the snow filtrate are reported. They do not exceed hygienic normatives typical for the industrial and urban areas. The distribution of Sr, Y, Sb, Pb, REE, and Th along the profile: the 'Mineral Fertilizers' plant -- 15 km distance -- was examined through the analysis of snow dust. Trace element concentrations in vegetation and soils allow one to state that F, Sr and REE produce the most intensive impact on the occupational staff. As follows from the results obtained, the most hazardous shop of the plant is that for phosphate oleum extraction (OPE), and the most hazardous professions are workers. The fluorine concentration in their hair exceeds the background ones by a factor of 10-30. The same tendency was observed for teeth of the workers. No definite correlation between the length of service and the level of fluorine content in hair and teeth was observed