Course detail
Environmental Toxicology
FCH-BC_EKTEAcad. year: 2021/2022
Definition of the basic terminology of environmental toxicology, basic legislation, history of the field. Overview of basic environmental toxicants in the environment, their fate and transport, factors affecting fate and transport in the environment. Toxic effects affecting factors. Environmental transformation of toxic substances. Risk and hazard of toxic substances, risk assessment and management. (Hg, Pb, Cd, etc.), solid particles and nanoparticles, organic compounds (organophosphates, carbamates, etc.) , polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dioxin-like compounds, endocrine disruptors, other groups of persistent substances).
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Learning outcomes of the course unit
1. Student will be able to apply concepts in environmental toxicology and other chemical fields (environmental chemistry, etc.).
2. Students will acquire knowledge of enviromnetal toxic substances, their fate in the environment.
3. Students will understand the environmental transformation of substances in the environment.
4. Students will know the risk and hazard of toxic substances, risk assessment and management
5. Students will acquire knowledge and knowledge of toxic effects of inorganic, organic persistent substances and solid particles together with nanoparticles in the environment.
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
2. Occurrence and types of toxic substances in the environment, types of pollution
3. Environmental Toxicants - Based on biological, physicochemical, structural properties
4. Fate and transport of toxic substances in the environment, factors affecting the fate and transport of toxic substances in the environment
5. Toxic effects, factors affecting the toxic effect
6. Intake, distribution, excretion and metabolism of toxic substances. Bioavailability, Bioaccumulation, Bioconcentration and Bioaccumulation of Toxic Substances
7. Environmental transformation of substances in the environment (chemical and biotic)
8. Risk and hazard of toxic substances, risk assessment and management
9.,10. Inorganic toxic substances - nonmetallic elements, metalloids (As, Se, Sn), heavy metals (Hg, Pb, Cd, etc.), transition elements and other elements
11. Solid particles and nanoparticles
12., 13. Organic compounds - organophosphates, carbamates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dioxin-like compounds, endocrine disruptors, other groups of persistent substances.
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
An integral part of the lesson is the e-learning course, divided into blocks where students are available to support learning, including electronic textbooks, presentations, lectures and other supplementary materials.
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Richard B. Philp, 2017, Ecosystems and Human Health: Toxicology and Environmental Hazards, CRC Press. (CS)
Wayne G. , Ruth M. Sofield, Ming-Ho Yu , 2017, Introduction to Environmental Toxicology. CRC Press. (CS)
Wayne G. Landis, 2003, Introduction to Environmental Toxicology, Lewis Publishers, CRC Press Company. (CS)
Ernest Hodgson, 2004, A Textbook of Modern Toxicology, 3rd Edition, Willey Interscience (CS)
Recommended reading
David A. Wright, Pamela Welbourn, 1998, Environmental Toxicology, Cambridge University Press (CS)
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPCP_ECHBM Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme BKCP_ECHBM Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Elearning