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The National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, EnTox is a centre of excellence that addresses the need for national and international research into human environmental toxicology.
Environmental Toxicology is defined as the study of the health effects of low-level exposure of biological systems and, in particular, of humans, to environmental toxins. It is a multidisciplinary subject, which draws together a number of medical and scientific disciplines. Environmental toxicology is a major component of provision of public health. We study these health effects within a framework of risk assessment. Risk assessment involves the identification of potential hazards, exposure to these hazards, dose-response assessment and risk evaluation to determine the plausibility and magnitude of risks posed by environmental agents.
The primary mission of the National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (EnTox) is to study biological effects of toxins following exposure to them from natural and anthropogenic sources within a risk assessment framework.
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