[Hygienic characteristics of agricultural dust].

It was found out that soil and grain dust collected from agrochemically treated areas in comparison with native dust contained higher amount of fertilizers' elements, chlororganic pesticides and heavy metals. Their amount depended on the soil and culture type, the quantity of atmospheric sediments during the vegetation period, etc. Cumulation factor of heavy metals and pesticides for agricultural dust exceeded 1. The importance of using the obtained data in dust standardization was pointed out.