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What is toxicology?

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What is toxicology?

the study of the harmful interactions between chemicals and biological systems

What happened in 1984 in Bhopal?

Explosion at factory manufacturing carbaryl which leaked methyl isocyanate into the air, killing lots of people

the likelihood of injury or disease resulting from exposure to a potential hazard

natural (food, metals, minerals) or biological (toxins from bacteria, fungi)

synthetic- manufactured through chemical processes

chemicals that are foreign to the organism

types of exposure

intentional ingestion, occupational exposure, environmental exposure, accidental poisoning, intentional poisoning

what we do to the chemical

what the chemical does to us

Studied mechanisms of action of morphine and strychnine and determined the absorption and distribution of these compounds (toxicokinetics)