Environmental toxicology

Environmental toxicology

Environmental toxicology, and its sister-subject ecotoxicology, refers to the scientific study of the potential effects upon organisms of anthropogenic compounds released into the natural environment.

Classically, the term "environmental toxicology" refers to the study of the direct effects of environmental chemicals on human beings specifically, whereas "ecotoxicology" concerns their effects on other species and ecosystems.

There is an increasing need to develop reliable and sensitive techniques for testing the effects of the growing number of pollutants being released into ecosystems all over the world every day. Some emerging techniques utilise the rapid advances in stem cell technology to provide fast and detailed information relating to the risk posed by any given pollutant (or mixture of pollutants) in any given environment.

See also

* Ecotoxicity
* Environmental toxins and fetal development
* Pollution
* Toxicology


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