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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: Public Health and Disease Prevention
Status: Laboratory Testing
BeginnerCourse11 hours

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ER

5.0Reviewed Nov 27, 2025

profesional dan menambah experiens saya. selain itu, tugas PLP selain menyiapkan bahan kimia dan penelitian, dan harus memahami bahaya akibat bahan kimia itu utuk tubuh dan lingkungan

M

5.0Reviewed Jun 22, 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

BI

5.0Reviewed Nov 13, 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

MM

5.0Reviewed Nov 1, 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.

AR

5.0Reviewed Sep 22, 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.

MI

5.0Reviewed Aug 19, 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.

AA

5.0Reviewed Sep 30, 2019

Overall ,it is very excellent course about health and chemicals , too much of knowledge about environment and chemicals and how they affects the human health and all other after effects .

RB

5.0Reviewed Oct 23, 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.

OH

5.0Reviewed Jan 25, 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

TB

5.0Reviewed Jun 11, 2020

Well structured, easy to follow, knowledge gained allowed for quizzes and assignments to be answered fully. I feel like I've come away with a good foundation for toxicology.

SS

5.0Reviewed Jul 22, 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.

SR

5.0Reviewed Jun 17, 2020

it was amazing being part of very informative course. Thanks to Coursera, experts and course coordinators for insightful and enlightening course content

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