[Human ecology: current state and the prospects of its development]

Contemporary state of the human ecological problem is evaluated. A definition of human ecology as a science of interaction between a human being as a biosocial unit with external environment of different origin: natural, social, industrial, etc is given. Scientific investigations, dealing with the problem of human ecology, must be directed to the study of the influence of antropogenically changed external environment on the state of population's health in all natural and economic regions and to the search of ways and methods of preservation and improvement of health and life-quality of present and future generations.