BIOL 50.01 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health

This course will examine the ecological impacts of environmental contaminants. Anthropogenic chemicals will be considered in terms of sources, fate and transport in air, water, and soil, and exposure pathways and effects on organisms. Chemicals will include inorganic as well as organic contaminants (e.g. mercury, lead, arsenic, PCBs, DDT, PFASs). Focus will be on individual, population, community, and ecosystem level effects. The class will use a combination of lectures, paper presentations, and discussions.

Instructor

Chen

Prerequisite

BIOL 16 and one from among BIOL 21- BIOL 32

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:SCI

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