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01:00, 22 September 2007 Pzavon (Talk | contribs) (733 bytes) (remove Toxicology "See Also" and category. Term may be used in pharmacology, but is not used in toxicology) (undo)

According to Wikipedia, Toxicology is a subcatagory of pharmacology.Miserlou 16:45, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not everything in Wikipedia is precisely correct at any given moment. While Toxicology and Pharmacology are closely related, there is not a subcategory relationship.

Actually, I see the Category page says that Pharmacology "encompases" Toxicology. That is true but does not imply subcategory relationship. Tox is indeed important to Pharm and a Pharmacologist should know something of the toxicology of pharmaceuticals, but Tox also reaches to areas that are not within the realm of Pharm - the development of pesticides, for example. Pzavon 21:20, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Toxicology is the pharmacology of toxic substances or the toxic action of substances. This is the view of many authoritative text books and monographs on the subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.7.36.69 (talk) 05:57, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That is likely the way a Pharmacologist would put it, but I don't think that is accepted in the community of Toxicologists who deal with non-medicinal toxicology, as in pesticides, lead in children, tox testing of new materials or children's art supplies, etc. Pzavon (talk) 02:48, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This term is better known as the "Margin of Safety" in toxicology, as far as I am aware. -GUC

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 Toxicology is the pharmacology of toxic substances or the toxic action of substances.  This is the view of many authoritative text books and monographs on the subject.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/24.7.36.69|24.7.36.69]] ([[User talk:24.7.36.69|talk]]) 05:57, 16 February 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
 :That is likely the way a Pharmacologist would put it, but I don't think that is accepted in the community of Toxicologists who deal with non-medicinal toxicology, as in pesticides, lead in children, tox testing of new materials or children's art supplies, etc.  [[User:Pzavon|Pzavon]] ([[User talk:Pzavon|talk]]) 02:48, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
+This term is better known as the "Margin of Safety" in toxicology, as far as I am aware. -GUC