Lecture 1 - Introduction

Course requirements, motivation for undertaking this course of study.

Lecture 2 - Silent Spring

Course requirements, motivation for undertaking this course of study.

Lecture 3 - Concepts in Toxicology

Core concept in toxicology that form the basis of further study.

Lecture 4 - Special Topic: Pesticide Residues

A review and update on the science and regulation of pesticides.

Lecture 5 - Dose-Response Relationships

"Solely the dose determines that a thing is not a poison" -Paracelsus

Lecture 6 - Absorption of Toxicants

Where chemistry meets biology.

Lecture 7 - Distribution and Storage of Toxicants

Pathway analysis of intoxication.

Lecture 8 - Biotransformation and Elimination of Toxicants

The guys in the white hats fight back.

Lecture 9 - Target Organ Toxicity

Neurotoxic, nephrotoxic, hepatotoxic...

Lecture 10 - Teratogenesis, Mutagenesis & Carcinogenesis

Toxic reactions with the molecules of life.

Lecture 11 - Special Topic: Dioxin & Related Compounds

An especially persistent and toxic group of chemicals.

Midterm Exam I

Lecture 12 - Risk Assessment and Risk Management, I

Hazard estimation in exposure scenarios.

Lecture 13 - Risk Assessment and Risk Management, II

Course requirements, motivation for undertaking this course of study.

Lecture 14 - Special Topics

1. Selenium Ecotoxicology

2. Arsenic in Drinking Water

Sources, pathways, receptors and controls.

Lecture 15 - Ecological Biochemistry

Discover why blue jays do not eat Monarch butterflies.

Lecture 16 - Abiotic Transformation in the Environment

Where entropy is king.

Lecture 17 - Environmental Chemodynamics

Chemical processes of environmental toxicants.

Lecture 18 - Environmental Transport

Physical processes of environmental toxicants.

Lecture 19 - Environmental Chemicals I

Heavy metals, metalloids, nutrients, radionuclides.

Lecture 20 - Environmental Chemicals II

Heavy metals, metalloids, nutrients, radionuclides.

Lecture 21 - Environmental Chemicals III

Industrial chemicals, pesticides, petrochemicals, biotoxins.

Lecture 22 - Environmental Chemicals IV

Industrial chemicals, pesticides, petrochemicals, biotoxins.

Lecture 23 - Special Topic: Endocrine Disruption

Our stolen future?

Midterm Exam II

Lecture 24 - Monitoring Chemicals in the Environment

Of bunny suits, sewer pipes and test tubes.

Lecture 25 - Regulating Chemicals in the Environment

CERCLA, TSCA, FIFRA, CWA, RCRA, CAA; Need I say more?

Lecture 26 - Frontiers in Environmental Toxicology

A look to the challenges beyond.

Informal Course Review

Final Exam