BIO 478 Environmental Pollution and Toxicology 2 units
COURSE CONTENT
Dr. Ruth Afunwa
Definition, general principles of environmental , monitoring, organization of monitoring programmes for site and resource specific strategies, classification of monitoring techniques and use (physical, chemical, biological, and radioactive),
Human activities on the global environment, e.g. green
house, effect, climate change, depletion of stratosphere ozone layer, acid
rain, elements of air pollution control, sampling and monitoring, mechanism of
pollutant interaction with soil and vegetation, and general principles of
bio-testing, aquatic toxicity and bioassay.
Topics
1. Greenhouse Effect
2. Acid Rain: Causes, Effects and Solutions
5. Air pollution
Light pollution- Lecturer : ruth afunwa