Environmental Toxicology

The course aims: i) to provide the basis for a correct characterization of the adverse effects of xenobiotics, by defining methods and approaches managed in the toxicological evaluation; ii) to characterize the molecular mechanisms underlying the adverse effects, the organ toxicity and the toxic effects of different classes of chemicals, such as pesticides, metals, solvents, natural toxins.

At the end of the course the student will have knowledge on the different approaches and methods to evaluate environmental contaminants from a toxicological point of view and will develop competences for their correct evaluation