26 hod., optionally

1 - Introduction to subject, subject characteristics, continuity with other scientific disciplines, global problems of mankind resulting from anthropogenic activity.
2 - Natural resources, environmental components, environmental burden. The most serious factors of environmental burden.
3 - Definitions of terms used in the terminology of environmental chemistry. Legislation associated with chemicals. Explanation of Risk Assessment principles (ecotoxicological approach, toxicological approach), the importance of studying the life cycle of the product.
4 - Main groups of organic pollutants - their characteristics. POPs - definition of persistent organic pollutants, definition of their main attributes - persistence, bioconcentration, bioaccumulation, toxicity, long-distance transport.
5 - Main groups of inorganic contaminants - their characteristics.
6 - State of the environment in the Czech Republic, key indicators of the state of the environment.
7 - Atmosphere - History of formation, composition of atmosphere, classification of atmospheric layers. Pollution of the atmosphere from the point of view of the Czech Environmental Report - emissions of acidifying substances, greenhouse gas emissions - status, environmental consequences.
8 - Atmosphere - Stratospheric ozone (formation, decrease, consequences), tropospheric ozone formation, precursors of tropospheric ozone, the consequences of its action, self-cleaning capacity of the atmosphere.
9 - Primary Particles - Definition, Origin, Source of Primary Particles, Immission Situation from the View of Ecosystem Protection and Human Health.
10 - Pedosphere - definition, soil formation, special soil-forming processes. Soil degradation.
11 - Soil pollution, soil self-cleaning, soil colloids, pesticides in the soil eco-system.
12 - Hydrosphere, definition, water classification, water eutrophication, water self-cleaning ability.
13 - Monitoring of the state of the environment, definitions, principles, bioindicators and their classification.