NEU-EMT 505: ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Learning outcomes By the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Interpret and critically analyze six (6) data on environmental chemical analysis.
2.
Describe the direct/indirect human, ecological and safety effects on the
environment.
Course contents
The Types, nature, and characteristics of different kinds of chemicals: physical and chemical
properties of chemicals which are ecologically important. Toxicants: their formulation, modes
of action (structural activity relationships), metabolism and movement in the environment
synergism, antagonism, perturbation and relative potency, half-life systematic. Acceptable
daily intake (ADI) of pesticides, contact and stomach poison. Dose-response relationships;
Handling, storage, and safety precautions.
- Teacher: Rabiu Bala Hashidu