Class Schedule TOX 200, September December 2017.

M, W, F, 11:30-12:20; Arts 146

Class Date Comments Faculty Readings* Assessment
s
1 Wed Sept 6 Course summary : Brief summary of what we will cover Paul Jones
The Dose makes the Poison
3 Fri Sep 8 Historical development of toxicology, Paracelsus et al. Paul Jones SDT: Introduction
(pp 8-45)
3 Mon Sept 11 Toxins as weapons I: Arrow poisons to bioterrorism Mark Wickstrom
4 Wed Sept 13 Toxins as weapons II: Famous poisons, poisoners and their Mark Wickstrom SDT: Plant & Animal
victims Toxins (pp 186
203)
5 Fri Sept 15 Food poisoning: Fugu, botulism, aflatoxin Mark Wickstrom
6 Mon Sept 18 Marine toxins: Jellyfish, cone snails, red tides Mark Wickstrom
7 Wed Sept 20 Spiders and Snakes Mark Wickstrom
8 Fri Sept 22 Toxic metals in history lead, paint pigments, the fall of Som Nyogi SDT: Lead (pp 95 -
Rome 107)
9 Mon Sept 25 Modern metal issues : Mercury in Canada and Saskatchewan Tim Jardine Quiz 1
10 Wed Sept 27 Minimata Bay where things went really wrong and why Paul Jones SDT: Mercury (pp 20%
108 120)
11 Fri Sept 29 The D word ! Paul Jones SDT: Persistent
Environmental
Contaminants (pp
167-177)
12 Mon Oct 2 Silent spring (show the video): Mark Wickstrom
/Karsten Liber
13 Wed Oct 4 Silent Spring II (the legacy): public awareness, the Karsten Liber SDT: Pesticides (78
environmental movement, Political Changes US EPA, 94)
Pesticides costs/benefits
14 Fri Oct 6 How to make a better poison through the ages? Changing Paul Jones
chemical designs and why
Mon Oct 9 UNIVERSITY CLOSED
15 Wed Oct 11 Chemical contamination of food Les Dickson
16 Fri Oct 13 Risk Assessment Paul Jones SDT: Risk
Assessment (pp 257
265)
17 Mon Oct 16 Endocrine Disruption CBC Video Dave Janz Quiz 2 20%
18 Wed Oct 18 Endocrine disrupting chemicals: should we be concerned? Dave Janz SDT: Endocrine
Disruptors (pp 178 -
185
19 Fri Oct 20 Use of veterinary pharmaceuticals in food animal production Les Dickson
20 Mon Oct 23 Chemical Movement in the environment Paul Jones
Biomagnification, bioaccumulation, partitioning
21 Wed Oct 25 Exposure (Human and Environmental) Paul Jones
Inhalation, Ingestion, Water bourn
22 Fri Oct 27 Emergency Toxicology Matt Hogan
23 Mon Oct 30 Effects (Human and Environmental) Paul Jones
Neurological, Reproductive, Other
24 Wed Nov 1 What we learned from ScotchGuard John Giesy
25 Fri Nov 3 Incorporating Herbicides into vegetation management on Katherine Stewart
Boreal powerline rights of way
26 Mon Nov 6 Recreational drugs Mark Wickstrom Quiz 3
27 Wed Nov 8 Pharmaceuticals Mark Wickstrom 20%
28 Fri Nov 10 Forensic toxicology I Barry Blakley
MID TERM BREAK
29 Mon Nov 20 Forensic toxicology II Barry Blakley
30 Wed Nov 22 Wildlife Ecotoxicology Christy Morrissey
31 Fri Nov 24 Applications of Human Health Risk Assessment. Lalita Bharadwaj SDT: Alcohol (pp 46
56)
32 Mon Nov 27 Social Aspects of Toxicology Pat Blakely
33 Wed Nov 29 SDT: Radiation (pp
Nuclear power safety - X-rays, Chernobyl, Fukushima Paul Jones
154 166)
34 Fri Dec 1 New techniques molecular and genetic approaches Markus Hecker
35 Mon Dec 4 Ethical Aspects of Toxicology Paul Jones SDT: Ethics (pp 266 Final Quiz
270) 40% (closes
37 Wed Dec 6 What are they doing now? Career options for Toxicologists Paul Jones /Mark Fri Dec 8)
Wickstrom

* "SDT" indicates A Small Dose of Toxicology" and the associated chapter that is to be read.