Lexikon

environmental toxicology is the science and practice of the adverse effects – mainly of chemicals and other man-made agents – in the environment and through the environment. The targeted receptors of these adverse effects maybe both ecosystem and human.

Environmental toxicology includes the study of chemical substances – potential and actual contaminants – polluting air, water, soil and food, their impacts upon the structure and function of ecological systems, including man as well as the use of these results for decision making and environmental management.