Toxicology Enrichment Materials
Toxicology on the World Wide Web
The following sites are excellent resources on toxicology for students and teachers. They are packed with reference information (not just links to other sites) and have some excellent visuals as well. Surf into the world of poisons.
Arizona Poison & Drug Information Center www.pharm.Arizona.edu/centers/poison_center/index.html This site provides a great long list of "Tox-Trivia" questions, sections on poisons in the home, poisoning and pets, toxic plants, venomous critters, hazardous materials, plus news and statistics.
The Why Files whyfiles.news.wisc.edu Make sense of science in the news at this dynamic and visual site. Check out the current issue, but also delve into the archives ("More Stories") for toxicology-related reports. Air pollution Frog deformities Endocrine disrupters
The Bad Bug Book vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html This site from the US FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition has a wealth of information on foodborne pathogens as well as natural toxins. Find reference material (diseases, target populations, history of recent outbreaks, etc.) on mushroom toxins, shellfish toxins, tetrodotoxin from pufferfish and many others.
ExToxNet: The Extension Toxicology Network ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/tibs/tibs.html A rich source of information on pesticides can be found at this site. Included is a huge glossary, Toxicology Information Briefs (on bioaccumulation, carcinogenesis and many more), Pesticide Information Profiles (on nearly 200 active ingredients), Toxicology Issues of Concern, news and more.
[Author's Note] [Toxicology Terms] [Toxicology Careers] [Toxicology and Biological Organization] [Some Basic Principles of Toxicology] [Find the Toxic Dose] [Topics in Toxicology] [Toxicology on the World Wide Web] [Table of Contents]
