Determination: Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

The environment may be loosely defined as the surroundings and conditions in which we live; environmental toxicology is the study of toxic chemicals within that environment and the effects that they have on humans and populations. Ecotoxicology is specifically the study of environmental toxins on the flora and fauna that make up an ecosystem. The former has an implied human slant while the latter is oriented more toward the effects of chemicals on the natural ecosystem studied as a whole, which includes mankind.