Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Environmental and Ecotoxicology

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Environmental toxicology is a field of science which studies the harmful effects of different physical, biological, physical and chemical agents on living things, while ecotoxicology focuses on studying the effects of toxicants at the level of population and ecosystem. Organisms may come into contact with different toxicants throughout their lifetime, and different organism may respond differently to specific toxicant. Position in the food web can also affect the toxicity of any compound which may be because of the bioaccumulation of the toxic compound.