At the end of the course, students will have acquired knowledge, skills and competences that will allow them to: apply the concepts of ecotoxicology relating environmental exposure (including distribution routes and environmental and / or anthropogenic factors such as climate change and dredging operations that may intensify environmental pollution) with effects on living organisms (including humans) and addressing the importance of exposure to contaminant mixtures (frequent form of exposure); be able to use standard methodologies and current technologies used in the toxicity assessment of natural and anthropogenic pollutants; intervene in ecological and human health risk assessment studies and in the development of sanitary water and waste surveillance actions; know the current legislation in the area of regulation of chemicals and quality control of ecosystems.