[Relationship between soil contamination by toxic industrial waste and health of the population].

The data concerning the effects of the stored toxic industrial wastes on the health of people living in the zone of wastes storing grounds, on their role in ambient air and drinking water contamination is presented. The importance of using low waste and wasteless technologies for the reduction of the amount of toxic wastes to be disinfected is shown using the examples from practice. Measures taken by the sanitary service of Ukraine aimed at environmental protection from contamination by toxic industrial wastes are presented.