Syllabus
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Course Code: MES-303 Course Name: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Health |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Ecotoxicology: introduction and importance. Types of toxic elements- inorganic, organic and radionuclide. Distribution and fate of toxic substances- physical, chemical and biological processes. Dose response relationships; biomagnification, bioaccumulation. Pesticides in water. Biochemical aspects of toxicity of Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Mercury, Carbon Monoxide, O3 and PAN, Insecticides, MIC, Carcinogens and Carcinogenicity. | |
| 2 | Indices of Toxicology, Detoxification; Ecological Monitoring and Tests; Ecological risk assessment of toxic chemicals. Symptoms, epidemiology and control of vector borne diseases: amoebiasis, trypanosomiasis, filariasis, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis.
Water borne diseases and their control-cholera, diarrhea. Control of Malaria, Tuberculosis Dengue, Chicken guinea and AIDS |
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| 3 | Methods of monitoring and control of air pollution, air quality standards. Sewage and waste water treatment and recycling, physico-chemical and biological parameters for water analysis, water quality standards, Noise control and abatement measures. Noise exposure levels and standards. | |
| 4 | Concept and strategies of Sustainable development. Sources and generation of solid wastes, their characterization, chemical composition and classification. Different methods of disposal and management of solid wastes (Biomedical wastes, E- waste and other hazardous wastes) Recycling of waste material. Waste minimization technologies. Resource management, Disaster management. |
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