ES 240 - Ecotoxicology

Semester Hour(s): 3
Semester(s) Offered: Fall odd years
Pre-Requisite(s): A continuation of EQ 316L: emphasis in teaching upper level English riding skills. This lab builds on prior experience in EQ 316L, providing essential experiential teaching instruction in the physical and psychological methods and theory of teaching riding. Curriculum follows the methods of the American System of Forward Riding, the British Horse Society, United States Pony Club, and the principles of classical dressage training. Students will also have practice peer teaching groups and individuals.
The study of toxins or chemicals that adversely affect living organisms. Topics may include determination of toxicity and risk and the differences between carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, teratogenicity; comparisons of federal and state regulations for toxic substances; how toxins affect living organisms; ranges of effects of common toxins, acute and chronic; and factors affecting toxicity: dose and duration, synergistic responses, bioconcentration and biomagnification of toxins.