System Toxicity and Risk Assessment

The course aims to provide the methodological knowledge and the skills necessary to apply the current methodologies and guidelines for risk assessment for humans from exposure to chemicals, particular attention is paid to the application of European Regulations.
The training course allows students to acquire competences in the evaluation of toxicological databases of xenobiotics and biotechnological products and to reach a risk assessment based on scientific principles and methodological approaches shared internationally, in order to provide quantitative values for safe use.

Autonomy of the students in consulting a toxicological database, to extrapolate the health-based guidance values and apply them to different types of products (pesticides, cosmetics, drugs, etc.), to define the safe conditions of use for humans.