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History of Toxicology

Overview

Throughout the ages, toxicological science has provided information that has shaped and guided society. Undertakings as diverse as the healing arts, waging war, cultivating land, and regulating an increasingly complicated world all have their groundings in toxicology.

Toxipedia's History of Toxicology section provides users with information on significant people and events that have shaped environmental and public health from antiquity to the postmodern era. As always, we encourage users to edit and add pages where you see fit. With your help, Toxipedia will become the definitive resource on the history of public and environmental health. To explore an interactive poster on milestones of toxicology, see below. To explore a few detailed issues and a active exhibit see the Toxicology History Room. For books see the Toxicology History Library.

A daily calendar of events is also available at Toxicology On This Day.

Eras

Era (click below)
Approximate Time Period
Antiquity 3,000 BCE - 400 AD
Middle Ages
 5th century - 14th century AD
Early Modern
 14th century - 18th century AD
Modern
 18th century - 1950 (after World War II)
Postmodern 1950 - present


Interactive Poster: Milestones of Toxicology


Open clickable poster as pdf. Click on a square to learn more about the history of toxicology. Please download it and send it to a friend! A high resolution version of Milestones Poster for printing can be downloaded here high resolution (6 mgb).



Toxicology History Room

The Toxicology History Room provides extensive information on a few historical issues. The first toxicology history room was presented at the 2009 Society of Toxicology meeting in Baltimore, MD.


Toxicology History Library

The Toxicology History Library provides a list of interesting books or publications on Toxicology History.


Contributing to the History Section

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