Environmental toxicology

Overview of the interdisciplinarity of environmental toxicology

Environmental toxicology, also known as entox, is a multidisciplinary field of science concerned with the study of the harmful effects of various chemical, biological and physical agents on living organisms. Ecotoxicology is a subdiscipline of environmental toxicology concerned with studying the harmful effects of toxicants at the population and ecosystem levels.

Rachel Carson is considered the mother of environmental toxicology, as she made it a distinct field within toxicology in 1962 with the publication of her book Silent Spring, which covered the effects of uncontrolled pesticide use.

Societies

• American College of Toxicology (ACT)
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
• Society of Toxicology (SOT)

Journals

• Environmental Health Perspectives
• Environmental Toxicology
• Environmental Toxicology & Pharmacology
• Journal of Environmental Science and Health
• Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health
• Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry

See also

• Ecotoxicology
• Environmental chemistry
• Environmental science
• Toxicology

Further reading

• D. A. Wright, P. Welbourn. Environmental Toxicology. ISBN 0-521-58151-6. 
• W. G. Landis, M.-H. Yu. Introduction to Environmental Toxicology (3rd ed.). ISBN 1-56670-660-2. 
• D. G. Crosby. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. ISBN 978-0195117134. 
• W. Hughes. Essentials of Environmental Toxicology. ISBN 978-1560324706. 
• S. F. Zakrzewski. Environmental Toxicology. ISBN 978-0195148114. 
• L. G. Cockerham, B. S. Shane. Basic Environmental Toxicology. ISBN 978-0849388514. 
• P. L. Williams, R. C. James, S. M. Roberts. Principles of Toxicology-Environmental and Industrial Applications (2nd ed.). ISBN 0-471-29321-0. 
• M. C. Newman, W. H. Clements. Ecotoxicology: A Comprehensive Treatment. ISBN 978-0849333576. 

External links

• Brief history of environmental toxicology