MINING IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT ON THE NORTH OSSETIAN TERRITORY

Abstract

The article considers a problem of mining activity influence on environmental conditions.
Modern mining production doesn’t have fully waste-free and environmentally benign technologies, leading to
atmosphere, soil, surface and ground waters pollution, accumulation of solid and liquid waste and also to
irrational utilization of natural resources. Extent of anthropogenic activities negative influence in mining area of
mineral production in the regions of Northern Caucasus considerably exceed the scales of consequences of
natural geologic and geochemical processes, which take place on the Earth. Zones of anomalously high pollution
levels caused by mountain areas topography and medium adsorption properties are determined for the territory of
Vladikavkaz city. We take into account the direction of the wind rose for the influence of air currents on the
distribution of contaminants and their potential impact on the oncological diseases rate of population. The spread
of neoplasm among the inhabitants of urbanized mountainous territory was studied. The analysis of the data
showed the close correlation between the characteristics of the wind flows and cancer morbidity for the age
group from 18 to 20 years and for all age groups on the localization of blood diseases, thyroid gland, and bladder.
In the case of a strong earthquake could happen discharges of hazardous wastes and substances that adversely
affect human health and the environment in general.