Pharmacology and Toxicology

Environmental and Occupational Toxicology

Environmental Toxicology is the investigation of effects of contaminations on the structure and capacity of biological communities. It does exclude the regular poisons, additionally the synthetic chemicals and their impact on the earth. It relies on upon the impacts of the toxicants on the organic chemistry and physiology. Environmental Toxicology deals with the harmful effects of various chemical, biological and physical agents on the living organisms. The harmful effects of the chemical agents which include various toxins from pollutants, pesticides and fertilizers which can impact an organism and its community. It also include how the chemicals move through ecosystems and how they are absorbed and metabolized by plants and animals, the mechanisms by which they cause disease, result in congenital defects, or poison organisms