Ee19-Toxicology (Emerging)

The group focuses on research in medical, forensic, analytical, clinical, industrial, and food toxicology, ecotoxicology, and toxicity and risk assessment. Among the group's most significant lines of research is the characterization of human exposure to heavy metals and metalloids, with a long history of over 35 years. The group also studies environmental toxins that contribute to the risk of hormone-dependent pathologies such as childhood obesity, neurodevelopmental disorders, and precocious puberty. The influence of environmental toxins on women's health, including the evaluation of the role of molecular markers and genetic susceptibility in the risk of endometriosis and their possible interaction with exposure to environmental toxins (EDs), is another line of research developed by the group.

Clinical analysis researchers specializing in genetics have joined the team. Genetic toxicology allows for the study of possible mechanisms associated with the etiology of various pathologies with both genotoxic and cytotoxic alterations, enabling the development of highly relevant public health strategies. Finally, the Toxicology Unit at the San Cecilio Clinical Hospital in Granada has extensive experience in the analysis of drugs of abuse and other xenobiotics (including EDs) and has state-of-the-art equipment. This aims to promote drug analysis in hair, as well as the determination of other newly discovered addictive substances in biological fluids or tissues.