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What is the scope of toxicology?


Aisha Shaikh 30th Mar, 2019
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Rupanjali Akula 30th Mar, 2019

Hi,

Toxicology is a multidisciplinary science that deals with the study of harmful actions of chemical substances on biological material. Coming to the scope of toxicology, it is very wide and contains three main categories:

1.Environmental(Pollution, residues, industrial hygiene);

2.Economic(Medicines, Food, Food Additives, Pesticides, dyestuffs, Chemicals);

3.Forensic(Intoxication, diagnosis, therapy).

Its main goal is to contribute to the general knowledge of the harmful actions of chemical substances, to study their mechanisms of action, and to estimate their possible risks to humans on the basis of experimental work on biological test systems. An overall assessment of natural or man-made chemical substances consists of acute, subacute and chronic toxicity studies, mutagenecity, carcinogenecity, and teratogenecity studies. It also has a series of specially designed experiments. I hope all your queries are clarified. Any other queries related to toxicology are always welcome.

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31st Mar, 2019
Thank you for your answer sir, I have one more question, is the future growth for toxicology strong?
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31st Mar, 2019
Maam*
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2nd Apr, 2019
Hi, yes definitely the future growth of toxicology is going to be strong. We can see the environmental degradation is increasing day by day and the pollution levels are also in peaks. There is a lot more scope for the identification of all the toxins in the future and control of those toxins. so, the answer to your question is YES. You can go ahead undoubtedly.
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