BIOL 320 - Environmental Toxicology

Institution:

SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill

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Description:

This course should be of interest to science majors who desire a knowledge of toxics in the environment and the negative impact they can have on plants and animals. Lectures blend material with the instructor's extensive diagnosing environmental toxicant motilities in fish and wildlife, and investigating contamination of the wildlife food supplies. Chemicals are traced from their production to loss in the environmental to movement into the food chain. Environmental contaminants discussed include metals, industrial compounds, and pesticides, as well as toxins produced by microbes, plants, and animals. The laboratory portion of the course, BIOL302X, may also be taken.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cobleskill.edu/

Phone Number:

(518) 255-5525

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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