Toxicology and Human Health (eBook)

This contributed volume brings out a comprehensive collection of information on environmental toxicology, its impact on living organisms in general and human health in particular. The main focus of this book is to address human health issues and risk assessment. 

 Toxicological studies help in understanding the impact of harmful substances including both natural and synthetic chemicals on organisms and their environment. Contributions in the title include both laboratory and field based studies with a focus on human health. Moreover, day by day, there is an increase in the range of chemicals from pharmaceutical and other industries, agricultural runoffs, medicine, and many other sources which continuously contribute to the earth's chemical load. Almost all the countries are facing great difficulties in responding to the crucial and immediate need for effective management of such contaminants. The title compiles studies in regards to environmental toxicology and its effect on human health.

 This book provides critical information and knowledge that can be used by regulatory agencies, decision-makers, policy makers, graduate and post-graduate students, researchers, environmental toxicologists, etc, and others to put programs and policies in place to limit our exposures to these substances thereby preventing or reducing the likelihood that a disease or other negative health outcomes would occur.

Md Irshad Ahmad

Dr. Md. Irshad Ahmad, currently working as Research Associate (Structural biologist), Crystallography & Drug Designing Lab, in the Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Dr. Ahmad received M. Tech. (Bioinformatics) and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Hyderabad in 2011 and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in 2018, respectively. He has broad research interests ranging from Inhibitors and drug designing to cytotoxicity and genotoxicity on rats and fish models through to drugs and pesticides biochemistry. He has supervised many numbers of M.Sc. students during his Ph.D. at AMU. He has authored over 24 publications in refereed journals and 2 book chapters on environmental study, bioremediation, and biodegradation. He has been a strong advocate of toxicology public outreach and has organized events at various venues to enhance the public's understanding of the role of toxicology in society and people's lives.

Mohammad Mahamood Qassim University, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Mohammad Mahamood is a doctorate from Aligarh Muslim University, India. Besides serving the Qassim University in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Mahamood also serves the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China as a Visiting Professor. His experience in teaching and research is nearly two decades. He has been a recipient of several fellowships. He is an author and also an editor. His authored book was published by Academic Press while he also edited two books for IntechOpen. Dr. Mahamood is also a well acclaimed researcher who has published several research papers in the journals of high standards having high impact factor.

 Mehjbeen Javed

Dr. Mehjbeen Javed has graduated from the Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India. She has been a recipient of prestigious national fellowships and awards. She has many studies on the toxicity of heavy metals and pesticides with special reference to biomarkers. Her area of expertise includes aquatic toxicology, heavy metal and pesticide toxicity, risk assessment, and Interaction studies. She is an author of several good quality and high impact publications in international journals of repute.

 Dr. Saleh S. Alhewairini

Dr. Saleh S. Alhewairini, an alumnus of the University of Nottingham, UK, is an eminent researcher in Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. His experience as an active researcher and as a mentor spans more than a decade. He has extensively worked on the management of insect pests of various crops grown in Qassim region by using biocontrol and chemical management techniques. He is the recipient of the prestigious Abdulrahman Al-Sudairy Cultural Center Award for Olive Research in Al-Jouf for the year 2019. His approaches to manage the population of red palm weevil and other nemic and insect pests of vegetables and fruits are highly appreciated by farmers in the region. He is a very popular scientific content writer of local and national monthly magazines in the kingdom. He has published a large number of scientific research papers in the leading journals of Science. He is also actively involved in several important government and scientific policy-making, advisory and controlling organizations.

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This contributed volume brings out a comprehensive collection of information on environmental toxicology, its impact on living organisms in general and human health in particular. The main focus of this book is to address human health issues and risk assessment.  Toxicological studies help in understanding the impact of harmful substances including both natural and synthetic chemicals on organisms and their environment. Contributions in the title include both laboratory and field based studies with a focus on human health. Moreover, day by day, there is an increase in the range of chemicals from pharmaceutical and other industries, agricultural runoffs, medicine, and many other sources which continuously contribute to the earth's chemical load. Almost all the countries are facing great difficulties in responding to the crucial and immediate need for effective management of such contaminants. The title compiles studies in regards to environmental toxicology and itseffect on human health. This book provides critical information and knowledge that can be used by regulatory agencies, decision-makers, policy makers, graduate and post-graduate students, researchers, environmental toxicologists, etc, and others to put programs and policies in place to limit our exposures to these substances thereby preventing or reducing the likelihood that a disease or other negative health outcomes would occur.