Environmental Safety: the Problem of Concepts or Sources of Errors; [ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯБЕЗОПАСНОСТЬ: ПРОБЛЕМАПОНЯТИЙИЛИИСТОЧНИКИОШИБОК]

The basic concepts of environmental safety are analyzed. The sources of terms, definitions and concepts of environmental safety are considered. The reasons for the inconsistencies between Russian and European definitions, the causes of "confusion" in terminology are studied. A comparison is made of such approaches to the study and impact on nature as the "Michurinsky" approach and the approach from the position of the "precautionary principle". A distinction is made in the content characteristics of the concepts of safety and danger. The close relationship between the biodiversity of intraorganismal microflora and the environmental safety of the organism is substantiated, this relationship ensures ecological sustainability. © 2022 Izdatel'stvo Kalvis. All rights reserved.