According to the report on the state of the environment and the way environmental factors affect the health of Sverdlovsk Region population, Polymetallic Production, the subsidiary of Uralelectromed (part of Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company), is the top air polluter of Kirovgrad, Sverdlovsk Region. Its share in the total amount of harmful emissions released in the air comes to 95.2%. The company dumps 98.8% of local sulphur dioxide, 51.3% of the area’s nitrogen dioxide, 77.4% of the total amount of carbon monoxide, and 100% of locally emitted lead.