Introduction to the principles of ecotoxicology. Show students the importance of ecotoxicology and its application to their training. Differentiate the types of pollutants that can enter the environment. The different physicochemical properties that govern the fate of pollutants will be described. Different "emblematic" pollution cases will be explained, taking into account the different nature of the pollutants. Describe the fate of the pollutant in an environmental system. The tools of environmental chemistry will be given to be able to understand and predict the fate of a pollutant in an environmental system. Solving numerical problems that allow ava These

Specific Objectives

- Understanding the importance of ecotoxicology. - Know the most common pollutants - Know what their physical and chemical properties are - Understand how their properties can condition their fate - Know the fate of the pollutant in an environmental system - Understand the distribution of pollution in systems in equilibrium - Know the patterns of fugacity - Provide students with numerical tools for solving environmental pollution problems. - Provide practical tools to calculate the fate of a compartment in the environment. - Know the most common pollutants. - Apply knowledge to a realistic practice. - Share and discuss the results with classmates.

Related Activities

Workshop on environmental chemistry. Determining the fate or pollutants. Numerical exercices.

Dedication

The basic concepts of toxicology will be described. Describe the Understand the bioaccumulation of pollutants. Understand the effects of bioaccumulation. Bioaccumulation models. Quantitatively solve toxicology problems. Dose-response models, bioaccumulation models.

Specific Objectives

- To know the fundamentals of the toxicology of individuals. - Know the acute and chronic effects on individuals and how they are measured. - Know how to measure the acute and serious effects on the individual - Understand the processes of bioaccumulation. - Know how to quantify the processes of bioaccumulation. - Provide students with quantitative tools to be able to solve toxicology problems.

Related Activities

Workshop on environmenta chemistry. The fate of pollutants in aquatic organism.

Dedication

Know the effect of a pollutant on the rate of degradation of a population. Effects on populations and metapopulations Problems of effects on populations and metapopulations Effects on the community Problems of effects in the community The main biomarkers that can be monitored in a population will be described

Specific Objectives

- To know the effect of pollutants in a population. - Understand the impact of pollutants on population dynamics. - Know the main biomarkers - Know how to implement and monitor the main biomarkers

Related Activities

Numerical exercices

Dedication

C The tools to measure toxicological impacts on populations will be presented Know how to assess the risk in the ecosystem and what are the legal tools to do so.

Specific Objectives

- To know the methodologies that allow to characterize the toxicological impacts in the individual - To know how to implement the tools to be able to measure the toxicological impact in populations - Know how to implement the correct methodology to determine the risk in the ecosystem - Know the existing legal resources

Related Activities

Risk Assessment on Human Health

Dedication

Evaluate the last two topics of the subject

Specific Objectives

- Provide students with methodological tools to assess an ecotoxicological risk

Dedication

Dedication

We will visit the facilities of an ecotechnological research center in Spain (CSIC-IDAEA). Students will interact with researchers and see the direct application of many of the knowledge acquired during the course.

Specific Objectives

- Know a research center - See the applicability of the knowledge acquired

Dedication