Environmental Toxicology II

Paper Code: 
ZOL 423 C
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
10.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I

Air-Pollution

·         Epidemiologic Evidence of Health effects

·         Outdoor air pollution

·         Indoor air pollution

·         Pollutants of outdoor ambient air

·         Type of air pollution (SO2, particulate matter, photochemical air pollution, smog)

·         Global warming

·         Ozone depletion

Water Pollution

·         Important water pollutants

·         Infectious agents

·         Human waste disposal

Waste water treatment

15.00
Unit II: 
UNIT II

Food Toxicology

·         Nature and complexity of food

·         Safety standards for food, food ingredients and contaminants

·         (Food, drug & cosmetics Act, food and colour additives, GRAS (generally recognized as safe)

·         Tolerance setting for substances in food (Pesticide residues, drugs used in food producing animals, unavoidable contaminants (heavy metals, chlorinated organics, Nitrosamine, food-borne molds & mycotoxins)

·         Microbiologic Agents

·         Substances produced by cooking

·         BSEC (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)

Forensic / Analytic Toxicology

·         Analytical role in general toxicology

·         Analytical role in Forensic Toxicology

·         Toxicologic investigation of a poison death

Criminal poisoning of the living

10.00
Unit III: 
UNIT III

Occupational Toxicology

·         Workplace, exposures, and standards (Nature of the work force, Determinants of dose occupational exposure limits)

·         Occupational diseases

·         Toxicological Evaluation of Occupational agents

Regulatory Toxicology

·         Programs for regulating chemical hazards (Food & Drug Administration, EPA, Occupational Safety and Health Administrations)

·         Regulatory Control over Toxicity

·         Animal Welfare Requirement

Wild Life Toxicology

15.00
Unit IV: 
UNIT IV

Degradation of Xenobiotic Compounds

  • ·         Persistent Compounds
  • ·         Developing the Microorganisms
  • ·         Degradation Mechanism
  • ·         Genetics & Evolution of Bio-degradation

Bioremediation

  • ·         Microorganisms in Bioremediation and their role in bioremediation
  • ·         Bioremediation Processes and Technologies
  • ·         Monitoring the efficacy of bioremediation

Bioremediation of Marine Oil pollutants and air pollutants

10.00
Unit V: 
UNIT V

Biofertilizers and Biopesticides

  • ·         Biofertilizers in Agrosystem
  • ·         Biopesticides
  • ·         Microbial and Antimicrobial pesticides
  • ·         IPM

Composting

  • ·         Types
  • ·         Materials
  • ·         Process
  • ·         Physicochemical Characteristics of the Environment
  • ·         Decomposting Stages
  • ·         Methods
  • ·         Vermicomposting

Bioleaching

  • Microorganisms Used
  •  Biochemistry
  •  Extraction from Mixture
  • Types
  • Methods
  • Metal Precipitation
Academic Year: 
2015-2016
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