Citation

Upadhyay S, Ray RK, Yadav S. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2018; 12(2): 126-131.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2018.00088.9

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Toxicology is the branch of science which deals the study of poisonous substances such as as a drug, an insecticide, a pesticide or any chemical substance and relevant laws regarding their procurement, sale and manufacture. Poison may be defined as any substance may be solid, liquid or gases, administered in the human or animal whatsoever way may be ocular, injection or ingestion produced ill health disease or death. Forensic toxicology is mainly concern with legal aspects of medical practices in the solution of crime which helps in the administration of justice. Environmental toxicology is new added in the field of toxicology. There are certain laws and regulation for the toxic dose, environmental exposure, and therapeutic dose etc. in this article author has mainly about the description about the toxicity of toxic and chemical substance, their effects of human and important legislations associated with such types of substances. © 2018, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

human; law; toxicity; suicide attempt; environmental exposure; toxicology; obesity; death; physician; prescription; psychotropic agent; asthma; female fertility; narcotic agent; immune system; Article; pregnant woman; toxic substance; act; migrant worker; Acts; lead poisoning; chemical compound; 1,2 dibromo 3 chloropropane; Chemical; male fertility; TCSCI etc; The Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances Act; The Poison Act; Toxic; Toxic Chemical Substance Control Inventory; Toxic Substances Control Act; Toxicology TSCA