On the environmental risk of developing pathology of the gastrointestinal tract in the conditions of intensive application of herbicides among the adult population of the Kursk region
This paper presents an assessment of the use of herbicidal agents in agricultural production in the Kursk Region. Territorial load by dominant herbicides in crop complex of the region for the period from 2006 to 2010 is studied. Ranging of the region in terms of territorial load by herbicidal agents was carried out. The indicators of relative environmental risk of formation of gastrointestinal tract pathology among the adult population in Kursk in the conditions of intensive use of herbicides are estimated. The following environmentally sensitive pathologies were identified: peptic ulcer and duodenal ulcer, gastritis and duodenitis, enteritis and non-infectious colitis, liver disease, gallbladder and biliary tract, diseases of the pancreas.