n. the study of toxin-induced behavioral abnormalities and its impact on the individual/s involved. Although most of the effects are visible and notable, some are too subtle to notice. Often, these subtle side-effects tend to affect neurosensory functioning. Thus, the intake of lead and mercury even at low levels has now been banned.
BEHAVIORAL TOXICOLOGY: “As a result of Behavioral Toxicology, the public has now been made awar+D196e of the ill-effects of the lead content in paint and the mercury in whitening products.”