International Training Course on Environmental Toxicology

The course provides the student with a background of major groups of toxic substances encountered by man and animals through the food and environment, and also through exposure at the workplace. These toxicants include mycotoxins, naturally occurring toxins, N-nitroso compounds, solvents, plastics, pesticides, pollutants and radiation (UV, electromagnetic, ionizing). The course focuses on the chemistry, fate and distribution in the environment, mechanisms of their actions, toxic manifestation in living organisms as well as toxic syndrome in human beings.

Khunying Mathuros Ruchirawat (Ph.D.)

30 March - 10 April 2009

Room 606, 6^th Floor, Service Building, Chulabhorn Research Institute

The International Training Course on Environmental Toxicology was held from 30 March – 10 April 2009. The objective of this course is to provide education in environmental toxicology and to enable participants to keep abreast with current development in the study of selected groups of toxic substances. This course content provides the trainee with a background in major groups of toxic substances encountered by man and animals through food and environment, and also through exposure at the workplace. Those toxicants include mycotoxins, naturally occurring toxins, N-nitroso compounds, solvents, pesticides, air, water and soil pollution. The course focuses on the chemistry, fate and distribution in the environment, mechanisms of their actions, toxic manifestation in living organisms as well as toxic syndrome in human beings. The course was taught by 5 international lecturers from renowned educational institutes such as University of Edinburgh Medical School, Scotland and University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. There were 11 participants from 8 countries, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, and Thailand supported by fellowships from TICA as well as 7 postgraduate students from the Chulabhorn Graduate Institute, 4 from the Interuniversity program, 4 from Burapha University, and 1 from Asian Institute of Technology. The course evaluation submitted by the participants indicated a high level of satisfaction with the content, the teaching, and the general organization of the course.