Environmental Toxicology & Ecotoxicology Assessment 

The term "environmental toxicology" refers to the assessment of the potential effects of environmental pollution on human beings whereas "ecotoxicology" is generally regarded as the study of the effects of environmental pollution on ecosystems and their constituent parts.

Increasingly human beings and other organisms are being exposed to potentially harmful substances via ingestion, inhalation and direct contact pathways. SLP personnel have the expertise to assess whether the concentration of pollutants recorded in water, soil, foodstuffs or the atmosphere has the potential to result in detrimental effects on both people and ecosystems. 

At SLP we utilise the latest risk assessment modelling techniques to determine whether human beings or ecosystem receptors have been, or continue to be, exposed to unacceptably high concentrations of harmful substances as a result of exposure to pollution in the environment. Such exposure may be as a result of the illegal dumping/burial of toxic materials (leading to contamination of groundwater and local rivers) or the discharge of harmful substances to air, land and water from a poorly managed industrial facility. 

To view some of our Environmental Toxicology & Ecotoxicology Projects click here.