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Johns Hopkins University

Chemicals and Health

This course covers chemicals in our environment and in our bodies and how they impact our health. It addresses policies and practices related to chemicals, particularly related to how they get into our bodies (exposures), what they do when they get there (toxicology), how we measure them (biomonitoring) and their impact on our health. Most examples are drawn from the US.

Status: Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Status: Environmental Science
BeginnerCourse11 hours

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MP

5.0Reviewed Apr 19, 2017

Thank you for giving me excellent information on Chemicals and Health. It is very helpful course for me. Thank you Johns Hopkins University and coursera.

ER

5.0Reviewed Nov 26, 2025

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M

5.0Reviewed Jun 21, 2022

Thanks, Coursera Giving me a chance to take a course from John Hopkins University.This is really a Super webside to take a course from All over the world.Thanks again & live long

PT

5.0Reviewed Apr 14, 2021

I believe that this course is one of the most interesting courses in Coursera. It helped me a lot and the knowledge that i gained will be useful for my job.

AR

5.0Reviewed Sep 21, 2020

This course is really good. The lectures are precise and nicely explained. From this course I gained knowledge about toxicity of chemicals, impact of chemicals to human health etc.

BB

5.0Reviewed Sep 4, 2020

All the videos had experts explaining the complexities associated with chemicals at all levels eloquently and wonderfully compiled information. This course has utilized my time really well.

MM

5.0Reviewed Oct 31, 2019

It's an eyes opening and enriching course. So many important issues and their solutions were discussed in detail. Thank you Johns Hopkins University and Coursera.

BI

5.0Reviewed Nov 12, 2020

thanks for this course , really It changed my point of view regarding chemicals and make me more aware about what are chemicals and what is their role in our life ..... thanks once again

SS

5.0Reviewed Jul 26, 2020

Very useful and important course that every one must enroll and get benefited from. It helped me a lot. The course instructors can suggest some recent articles for general reading.

OH

5.0Reviewed Jan 24, 2023

It is already very useful course providing me with a lot of information and knowledge. actually I advice anyone interested in toxicology to be enrolled in this course

MI

5.0Reviewed Aug 18, 2020

Very educational and helpful in toxicology and the study of chemicals. It also gave in depth of certain examples of chemicals in a positive and negative light that we face on the daily.

RB

5.0Reviewed Oct 22, 2020

Very resourceful. Gained the knowledge on hazards of chemical exposure and importance of biomonitoring for public health. Thanks to resource persons for the wonderful explanation.

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