Environmental Health Sciences 666 - Env. & Occupational Toxicology

The toxicological activity of toxic substances found in the general environment and in industrial settings. Topics include biochemical mechanisms for absorption, excretion, tissue distribution, metabolic transformations, and conjugations; comparative metabolism of animal species; special applications to the toxicology of heavy metals, pesticides, and other industrial chemicals.

Open to graduate students only. Undergraduate students who manage to enroll will be dropped from this course.