Contaminants in the Environment

Undergraduate

This course will examine the historical release, fate, and risk assessment of chemicals in ecosystems. Lectures will cover: (i) the major classes of chemical contaminants; (ii) factors affecting contaminant fate in ecosystems (ii) methods of ecological risk assessment for contaminants (toxicity, persistence, bioaccumulation, and long-range transport). Laboratory exercises will explore methods of assessing contaminant fate. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1023 or CHEM 1123.