Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Analysis of Peculiarities of Spatial Distribution of Endemic Diseases of a Geochemical Nature-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Analysis of Peculiarities of Spatial Distribution of Endemic Diseases of a Geochemical Nature

Published:2023-10-01 Issue:10 Volume:68 Page:1073-1086
ISSN:0016-7525
Container-title:Геохимия
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Short-container-title:Geohimiâ

Author:

Korobova E. M.¹,Baranchukov V. S.¹,Kolmykova L. I.¹

Affiliation:

1. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Over millions of years of geological history (Phanerozoic), the co-evolution of all living organisms took place in condtions of fierce competition for resources and opportunities for maximum reproduction, which, given the geochemical heterogeneity of the primary (pre-Quaternary) biosphere, resulted in a self-regulating ecological niche system, within which all local biocenoses and their animal and plant species were adapted to the parameters of the habitat to the maximum extent. However, with the development of the brain and the emergence of reason, the situation changed radically. Humans became the dominant species and began to develop new territories, including geochemically unfavourable ones, which caused the formation of zones of persistent endemic diseases. Based on this premise, for all existing species, there must be territories with physiologically optimal habitat conditions, i.e. those in which the species was formed in its present form. This implies that by being able to determine the geochemical parameters of the undisturbed biosphere, it is possible to obtain characteristics corresponding to the ecologically ideal ones for local animal and plant species. In theoretical terms it has allowed to put forward the hypothesis that by fixing the difference between the observed and ideal geochemical conditions it is possible to build maps of risk of diseases of geochemical nature, including those caused by technogenic pollution. The article presents a methodology and examples of such mapping. The results obtained may have an important practical value in improving the system of sanitary and epidemiological services, in solving problems of carrying out preventive measures to minimize endemic morbidity eliminating endemic diseases.

Publisher

The Russian Academy of Sciences

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