Environmental Health Science and Ecotoxicology

Environmental Health Science and Ecotoxicology

1 Introduction to Environmental Health

  1. Concept and Scope of Environmental Health
  2. Regional and Global Perspectives
  3. Concept and Requirements for Healthy Environment
  4. Environmental Quality
  5. Human Exposure and Health Impact
  6. Impact of Environmental Factors on Human Health

2 Introduction to Eco-toxicology

  1. Definitions
  2. Concepts and Principles in Ecotoxicology
  3. Types of Toxic Substances
  4. Influence of Ecological Factors on Toxicity

3 Toxicants in the Environment

  1. Toxicants Present in the Environment
  2. Factors Affecting Concentration of Toxicants in Environment
  3. Biochemical Aspects of Toxicants
  4. Carcinogens in the Air

4 Dispersion of toxic substances

  1. Global Dispersion of Toxic Substances
  2. Circulating Mechanisms and Exposure Pathways
  3. Degradable and Non-Degradable Toxic Substances in Food Chains
  4. Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification

5 Human Health

  1. Concept of Health
  2. Dimensions of Health
  3. Determinants of Health
  4. Concept of Well-being
  5. Concept of Disease and Causation

6 Environmental Quality and Human Health

  1. Foundations of Environmental Health
  2. Human-Environment Interaction
  3. Factors Affecting Human Health
  4. Natural and Anthropogenic Environment

7 Public Health and Management

  1. Important Definitions
  2. Public Health Surveillance
  3. Economics in Environmental Health
  4. Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme
  5. Public Health Initiatives for Environmental Health

8 Human Health at Risk

  1. Pathogens in Environment
  2. Biogeochemical Factors in Environmental Health
  3. Epidemiological Issues
  4. Goitre
  5. Fluorosis
  6. Arsenic Poisoning

9 Air Borne Diseases

  1. Air Pollution and Human Health
  2. Respiratory Diseases
  3. Agriculture Based Air Pollution
  4. Indoor Air Pollution

10 Water Borne, Food Borne and Vector Borne Diseases

  1. Food Borne Diseases
  2. Water Borne Diseases
  3. Vector Borne Diseases
  4. Important Vectors

11 Lifestyle Related Diseases

  1. Environment and lifestyle of people
  2. Consequences of lifestyle on health of individuals
  3. Obesity
  4. Cardiovascular diseases
  5. Hypertension
  6. Diabetes
  7. Contaminated and packaged food items

12 Environmental Monitoring of Toxicants

  1. Types of Environmental Monitoring
  2. Monitoring Concept and Design
  3. Environmental Sampling
  4. Techniques for Monitoring
  5. Environmental Analysis Techniques

13 Response to Toxin Exposures

  1. Dose Response, Frequency Response and Cumulative Response
  2. Lethal and Sub-Lethal Doses
  3. Analysis of LD50, LC50, and MLD
  4. Toxic Response of Body System
  5. Absorption of Toxicants
  6. Distribution of Toxicants

14 Carcinogenicity Assessment

  1. Carcinogens
  2. Mutagens
  3. Teratogens
  4. Mechanism of Carcinogenicity
  5. Assessment of Carcinogenicity (Carcinogenicity Tests)
  6. Environmental Carcinogenicity Testing