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SPECIAL PAPER: ENVIRONMENT TOXICOLOGY II | Zoology

SPECIAL PAPER: ENVIRONMENT TOXICOLOGY II

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Paper Code: 
ZOL 423C
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

Essential Readings: 

 

  • Casarett and Daull’sToxicology : The basic science of poisons. By : Curtis D. Klaassen 6thEdn., McGraw-Hill (Medical Publishing Div. NewYork
  •     Environmental Biotechnology – by. InduShekhar Thakur, I.K. International Pub.(2006)
  •     Toxicology, Principles and Applications: Raymond I.M.. CRC Publication.
  •     Microbial Ecology: Fundamentals and Applications by Atlas Bartha (An imprint of Addison Wesley Longman Inc)
  •     Environmental Microbiology: Maier R.M., Academic Press. 2000 Press, Cambridge. .1993.
  •     Environmental Science- A global concern; Cunningham W.P. and Saigo B.W Win. C. Brown Publishers, London, 1995.
  •     Advances in Industrial Waste Water Treatment; P.K. Goel; Technoscience Publications. Jaipur, 1999.
  •     An Introduction to Air Pollution; Trivedy R.K. and Goel P.K., Technoscience Publications, Jaipur, 1995.
  •     Problems of Environment Management in India; Goel M.M., Sharma M.C. and Purohit N.K; Anupriya Publishing House, Jaipur, 1999.
  •     Environmental Science (A study of interrelations); Enger E.D. and Smith B.F.;  Win. C. Brown Pub. (Latest Edition).  
  •     Botkin D. And Keller E. Environmental Science. Earth as a Living Planet; Botkin D. And Keller E
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