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Recycling
The processing of used materials or waste into new products to prevent the waste of potentially useful waste material, reduce consumption of fresh material, as well as reduce energy consumption and environmental pollution.
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risk de minimis
Biology; Toxicology
Risk that is negligible and too small to be of societal concern (usually assumed to be a probability below 10-5 or 10-6). Note 1: This term can also mean ‘virtually safe’. Note 2: ...
safety pharmacology
Biology; Toxicology
Science directed to the discovery, development and safe therapeutic use of biologically active substances as a result of the identification, monitoring and characterization of ...
pharmacology
Biology; Toxicology
Science of the use and effects of drugs: may be subdivided into pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics defined above.
toxicology
Biology; Toxicology
Scientific discipline involving the study of the actual or potential danger presented by the harmful effects of substances on living organisms and ecosystems, of the relationship ...
toxinology
Biology; Toxicology
Scientific discipline involving the study of the chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of toxins.
radiation toxicology
Biology; Toxicology
Scientific study involving research, education, prevention and treatment of diseases caused by ionizing or nonionizing radiation.
toxicogenomics
Biology; Toxicology
Scientific sub-discipline that combines toxicology with genomics to determine how an organism’s genetic make-up influences its response to a toxic substance.
