India’s First Clinical Ecotoxicology Facility Unveiled at AIIMS, Delhi
- In a first-of-its-kind initiative, a clinical ecotoxicology facility has been inaugurated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.
- The facility will help to investigate increasing number of diseases resulting from exposure to environmental toxins contaminating water, food and air as well as act as a nodal point for diagnostic and research services to all the clinical departments dealing with diseases due to ecotoxicity.
Definition of Ecotoxicology by Nature Research
- An interdisciplinary field that draws from knowledge and techniques in the fields of ecology and toxicology to study the effects of toxic chemical or biological agents on biological organisms at the population, community or ecosystem level.
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