Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment

Catalog description

Study of the damage caused to organisms by toxic substances in the environment. Focus on the relationship between environmental, public health and occupational safety risks. Discussion of the main environmental pollutants, their fate in the ecosystem and their toxicity mechanisms. Study of the basic steps of risk assessment: hazard identification, dose response assessment, exposure assessment and risk characterization. Introduction to the risk communication process, the development of public policies and decision-making to safeguard public health and the ecosystem.