ENVS 4477 Environmental Toxicology: Introduction and Applications (3)

Prereq.: 6 hrs. of chemistry, 6 hrs. of life sciences and permission of instructor. Introduction to the basic principles of environmental toxicology; applications of these principles in industrial and other job related environments; regulatory perspectives; spills; anthropogenic pollution problems; human risk management; overview of classes of toxic agents, routes of exposure, target tissues (human mammalian) and toxicological testing.