Toxicology and Risk Assessment    3 s.h

Catalog description

A study of environmental toxicology of chemicals, primarily anthropogenic pollutants, and their effect on humans and ecosystems. Includes transportation of pollutants in the environment, biochemical reactions, toxicity testing methods, and dose-response assessment. Continues with an introduction in the process of estimating risk and the perception of those risks including how risk is used to set environmental standards. Prereq.: junior or senior with 9 semster hours in 3700 level or above in ENST, CHEM, BIOL, GEOL or CEEN.