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Ecotoxicology (ES 240)

Term: 2025-2026 Fall

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* School of STREAMS
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Cari Ritzenthaler
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Schedule

Mon-Wed-Fri, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM (8/25/2025 - 12/9/2025) Location: MAIN AUST 216
Tue, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM (12/16/2025 - 12/16/2025) Location: FINAL

Description

Offered: Fall of Odd Years
Prerequisites: ES 104, (CH103 & CH103L recommended)
The study of toxins or chemicals that adversely affect living organisms. Topics may include determination of toxicity and risk and the differnces between carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, teratogenicity; comparisons of federal and state regulations for toxic substances; how toxins affect living organisms; ranges of effects of common toxins, acute and chronic; and factors affecting toxicity: dose and duration, synergistic responses, bioconcentration and biomagnification of toxins.