ATW 2010 Short Course

Title: Environmental Toxicology: Testing for Effects and Interpretation of Environmental Data.

Instructors:Keith Solomon and Jordana Van Geest, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

Course Description: This full-day course will inform participants on the principles and practices of testing for toxicity of environmental samples such as water and sediment.  It will also describe recent advances in the methodologies used for toxicity testing.  A key component of the course provides guidance on how the data from toxicity tests are used.  It will include how to interpret toxicity data and how to link toxicity data to environmental measurements of conditions in the field using deterministic and probabilistic risk assessment.  The source will be presented using lectures and in-class exercises to illustrate techniques and approaches.  This course will be useful to those involved in field sampling, laboratory testing and to environmental regulators.

Instructor biographies :
Keith Solomon is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences and Director of the Centre for Toxicology at the University of Guelph.   Keith is a Professor Emeritus and continues to teach courses in toxicology and pesticides at the University of Guelph and to advise graduate students.  He currently serves on several advisory committees on matters related to environmental toxicology and pesticides in Canada, the USA and internationally.

Jordana Van Geest is a PhD candidate in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph.  She is working on developing new and improved methods for testing for toxicity in sediments for research and regulatory purposes.  She has made several presentations at international and regional scientific meetings and is co-author on a number of papers related to ecotoxicity testing.

Time: Sunday October 3, 2010, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm (lunch and morning break refreshments provided)

Location: Convention level (lower lobby), Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre, Room TBA

Cost:     $175 ($100 for students) 

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