Environmental toxicology_Part 1

• Environmental Toxicology, Ecotoxicology, Toxicology, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry

Part 1- Environmental Toxicology- Introduction & History; Environmental toxicology is a multidisciplinary field that integrates knowledge, principles, and methodologies from various disciplines, including environmental chemistry, toxicology, ecology, analytical chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, and pathology. However, environmental toxicology is often used interchangeably with ecotoxicology. The key difference lies in their scope: environmental toxicology includes human health outcomes as an endpoint, whereas ecotoxicology focuses exclusively on ecological impacts. This course covers the core scope of environmental toxicology, its interdisciplinary foundations, historical development, and representative case studies of major pollution events from around the world.