The nature and causes of health risks
The article is devoted to the substantiation of hygienic standards of the inhabited environment safety based on the criteria of risks to health. Such an approach can be a further path to developing domestic hygienic science as well as a key element to harmonize the current legislative base in our country and abroad. The changes and focus shift from problems of hygienic regulation to quantitative assessment of potential and real danger from levels of environmental technogenic factors impact are required. Science-based health risk assessment and related regulatory basis are expected to play a key role in taking practical measures to protect public health and in preparing laws and other statutory framework.