ABSTRACT

Everyday, we come into contact with many relatively harmless substances that could, at certain concentrations, be toxic. This applies not only to obvious candidates such as asbestos, lead, and gasoline, but also to compounds such as caffeine and headache tablets. While the field of toxicology has numerous texts devoted to aspects of biology, chemis

chapter 1|14 pages

Toxicology and you

chapter 2|24 pages

Principles of toxicology

chapter 3|11 pages

Alcohol

chapter 4|13 pages

Caffeine

chapter 5|7 pages

Nicotine

chapter 6|16 pages

Pesticides

chapter 7|11 pages

Lead

chapter 8|4 pages

Mercury

chapter |11 pages

Atomic Number: 80 Atomic Mass: 200

Mercury

chapter 9|8 pages

Arsenic

chapter 10|15 pages

Metals

chapter 11|7 pages

Solvents

chapter 12|13 pages

Radiation

chapter |17 pages

Animal and plant toxins

chapter 14|11 pages

Persistent environmental contaminants

chapter 15|17 pages

Neurotoxicology

chapter 16|15 pages

Cancer and genetic toxicology

chapter 17|12 pages

Pregnancy and developmental toxicology

chapter 18|11 pages

Toxics in the home

chapter 19|10 pages

Risk assessment and risk management

chapter |5 pages

Glossary

chapter |2 pages

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