person of the week №1 07/08/1994 (1994)

Biologist Alexei Yablokov speaks about environmental problems of Russia, inherited from the USSR, the term "ecocide", the spread of environmental diseases among the population, the impact of environmental disturbances on various aspects of people's lives, the impact of the environmental situation on the reduction of the duration life, lists areas of ecological disaster, speaks about possible causes of anomalies among newborn children, about environmental problems in Moscow and ways to address them, irrational flooding of agricultural areas, the need to connect economic levers and strict government policies to restore the environment.