ENVIRONMENTAL-HYGIENIC SAFETY OF SOIL IN ODESSA REGION
The study was aimed to provide complex assessment of the environmental-hygienic safety of soil in Odessa region by the content of heavy metals. There was stated that the most frequent exceeds of the hygienic standards are associated with the soil pollution with salts of lead, copper and zinc. The lowest level of toxicological safety of soil was determined in Ivanovsky, Belyayevsky, Izmailsky, Savransky, Tarutinsky and Ovidiopilsky districts. Conducted researches are evident for the necessity of the revision and updating the current system of the environmental monitoring of soils in Odessa region. This revision should be provided with the considerations on the social-economical and environmental-geographic peculiarities of the various districts.