CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS AND THE PROBLEMS OF ECOLOGICAL SAFETY OF POPULATION OF INDUSTRIAL CITIES
The article discusses the problem of ecological safety of industrial cities due to the growth of chemical contamination and, as a result, an increase in the processes of chemical mutagenesis in the example of the population of residents of Vladikavkaz. The city’s population suffers from constant influence of a plurality of chemical pollutants, the most dangerous of them are heavy metal compounds, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrocarbons, and many others. Genotoxic effect of chemical pollution on human health has been studied comprehensively, based on a number of cytogenetic and medical-biological methods. The correlation between increased levels of chromosome abnormalities in humans associated with harmful production and those who have no any relation to it has been identified. Described the worsening of reproductive health of the citizens in terms of frequency of congenital malformations, stillbirth and fetal loss, and dynamics of genetic disorders change over time.