SPECIAL PAPER: Environmental Toxicology II

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

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

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

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

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