BIOC65H3 Final: BIOC65 - exam notes (2).docx
12 Dec 2013
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Lecture 1 introduction of environmental toxicology: be able to define toxicology, environmental toxicology, ecotoxicology. Toxicology: is the study of the adverse effects of chemical, physical or biological agents on living organisms and the ecosystem, including the prevention and amelioration of such adverse effects. Fate and transport of contaminants (with or without chemical transformation) Exposure of one or more target organisms, and. Response of individual organisms, populations or communities. All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy . This was the first sound articulation of the dose-response". We intend to tackle the problems of environment, not only in the northern regions but everywhere in canada, by directing our efforts mainly to the two major sources of pollution: urganziation and the invasion of modern technology. The present government is firmly determined that no such acts of madness will be allowed to go on indefinitely, at least in.
