Lecture topics
In this file I have listed the main topics we will cover in this class. To see the class schedule with the dates for a particular topic to be covered, as well as for the dates of exams and presentations, go to the COURSE OUTLINE
Access to study guides for upcoming tests - COMING SOON. Please note that study guides will be updated to their final form a week before the test.
Click on PPT to access the PowerPoint presentation
Click on the topic name to get access to supplementary materials and assigned reading
| Topic # | Topic name |
| 1 | Introduction to environmental toxicology PPT Updated 01/07/08 |
| 2 | Methods and goals of environmental toxicology PPT Updated 01/07/08 |
| 3 | Environmental history of DDT PPT Updated 01/07/08 |
| 4 | Avian vacuolar myelinopathy.
PPT AVM HABs PPT HABs Updated 01/20/08 |
| 5 | Major classes of environmental pollutants PPT Updated 01/28/08 |
| 6 | Uptake, biotransformation, and elimination of contaminants PPT Updated 01/28/08 |
| 7 | Hormesis PPT Updated 01/28/08 |
| 8 | Toxicity testing: dose-response and time-response PPT Updated 01/28/08 |
| 9 | Effects of toxic mixtures PPT |
| 10 | Trace metals PPT |
| 11 | Metabolic effects of trace metals |
| 12 | Tributyltin PPT |
| 13 | Organic contaminants and metabolism of xenobiotics PPT |
| 14 | Endocrine disrupters PPT |
| 15 | Radionuclides PPT |
| 16 | Evolutionary adaptation to contaminants PPT |
This topics is based on my current research, and the most data I will be showing you are brand-new and not yet published. Therefore, I cannot put the presentation on the Web. But I will bring hand-outs to the class.