The institute of geology of National Academy of sciences of Azerbaijan (ANAS) begins researches in a new direction – medical geology. It will be studied the influences of geological objects and processes on health of people, animals and plants. For this purpose the Institute intends to use practice of foreign countries.

With this aim the young employee of Institute of geology Farah Velieva has taken part in work of the I international symposium on "Medical geology", carrying out in Teheran. Scientists participated in a symposium from Turkey, Czech, Ethiopia, Georgia, Tajikistan, Indonesia and other countries.

F.Velieva has acted with the report on a theme "Problems of medical geology in Azerbaijan" about researches in the field of radon distribution (Rn 222) and arsenic waters in Azerbaijan and their influences on health of people. 

The report has been met with a great interest of participants of the symposium. The representatives of the Organization on atomic energy of Iran have expressed the intentions about cooperation with Geology Institute on studying radon in Azerbaijan, and scientists of Geological Survey of Iran have suggested the collaboration on medical geology in Azerbaijan.

Let's notice that at the Geology Institute of ANAS it is occupied with the problem of radon in Azerbaijan about 20 years, but researches in the field of medical geology in our country have not been spent till now.