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Environmental Toxicology
Environmental Toxicology
INTRODUCTION
Environmental toxicology is a multi- disciplinary field of science concerned with the study of harmful effects of various
chemicals on human health, synthetic and natural pollutants in the environment.
It is categorized into two types namely Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health Toxicology.
Environmental Toxicology
•Don’t spray bugs: Avoid pesticides, which are toxic chemicals made to kill unwanted insects or
weeds. Instead, keep your home clear of food crumbs and spills. Use baits and traps instead of
sprays, dusts or bombs. Avoid using chemical tick-and-flea collars or dips for your pets.
•Avoid dry-cleaning clothes: Most cleaners use a chemical called perchloroethylene (PERC), which
can pollute the air in your home. Use water instead. Most clothes labeled as “dry clean only” can be
washed with water. Hand wash them or ask your dry cleaner to wet clean them for you.
•Check air quality forecasts: Exercise as far away as possible from sources of air pollution (such as
traffic or factories) and do not exercise on bad air quality days.
Individual actions alone cannot prevent exposure
to substances in the environment that harm our
health. These can only be prevented by public
CONCLUSION:
policies that stop chemical pollution. We can use
the above mentioned ideas by use to reduce
exposure to toxins and prevent our environment.
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