tailieunhanh - Frontiers in Environmental Toxicology

Principles of Environmental Toxicology Instructor: Gregory Möller, . University of Idaho. Review the course outline. Examine the global environmental outlook. Examine major emerging env. issues. Discuss the present and near future “full scale” environmental emergencies. • Explore key env. successes, data gaps, root problems, and new approaches. • Understand the future challenges of environmental toxicology. | Frontiers in Environmental Toxicology Principles of Environmental Toxicology Instructor Gregory Möller . University of Idaho Principles of Environmental Toxicology Learning Objectives Review the course outline. Examine the global environmental outlook. Examine major emerging env. issues. Discuss the present and near future full scale environmental emergencies. Explore key env. successes data gaps root problems and new approaches. Understand the future challenges of environmental toxicology. 2 Principles of Environmental Toxicology Course Review Principles of Environmental Toxicology Global Resource Sustainability Silent Spring Concepts of toxicology Pesticide residues Dose-response relationships Absorption of toxicants Distribution and storage Biotransformation elimination Target organ toxicity Ter-. mut- carcino-genesis Dioxins related compounds Risk assessment 3 Biogeochemistry of Se As in Drinking Water Ecological biochemistry Abiotic transformation Environmental Environmental transport Environmental chemicals Socrates Award Lecture Endocrine disruption Monitoring chemicals Regulating chemicals Image over is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth available in March 2002. Many months of satellite-based observations of the land surface oceans sea ice and clouds were pieced together into a seamless mosaic of every square kilometer the Earth Source NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Image UNEP Geo 3 4 Principles of Environmental Toxicology Sustainable Development Development to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The Brundtland Commission 1987 Principles of Environmental Toxicology Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005 In the past 50 years humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly than at any other comparable time. As a result 15 of 24 ecosystem services that support life on earth are being degraded or used unsustainably - The study involved 1360 experts from 95 .