ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH. IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON HUMAN HEALTH

A number of chemical mutagens have also been identified that enter the environment from many chemical industries. A number of viral diseases also have a mutagenic effect, changing a person's heredity and causing a genetic predisposition to pathologies. Ecopathology - diseases caused by environmental factors. First of all, these are mainly "lifestyle diseases" associated with malnutrition or overeating. With insufficient nutrition, the content of vitamins, trace elements and proteins in food is below the norm, which leads to serious health problems. Overeating leads to obesity, which leads to serious pathologies such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, an excess or imbalance of nutrition plays a less destructive role than its deficiency.