Forensic Toxicology
Forensic Toxicology Anthony Mack
Research Paper Period: 8th What’s a Forensic Toxicologist? A forensic toxicologist is first a scientist. But when he/she applies scientific knowledge to assist juries, attorneys, and judges in understanding the poisons in science. Then he/ she are forensic Toxicologists. A forensic toxicologist is a scientist that works with law enforcement agencies to determine if any poisons or drugs are found in biological fluids or human tissues are collected at the crime scenes.
Work Environment The usual workplace for forensic toxicologists is in a lab. In the lab they analyze evidence and try to see what the cause of death of the victim was. But forensic toxicologist also works out in the field. The field is another name for crime scene which is where all of the evidence is gathered needed to determine whether or not the cause of death was by poisons or drugs that are found in biological fluids or human tissues.
History
Forensic toxicology was one of the greatest additions to the forensic science world. The first ever recorded start of forensic toxicology was in the nineteenth century. If it had not been for the forensic toxicology invention there would have been a lot of homicides ruled as natural deaths. For example their was a case when a man who was really good friends with a wealthy elderly couple. When he found out they had added him to the will he tried to kill them both by poisoning them. Unfortunately only the husband had died. Once he died his death was ruled by natural causes of a heart attack. Soon after his death his wife all of a sudden got sick. So she went to the doctor and founded out that she was being feed rat poison. So forensics got curious about did her husband really died of a heart attack. After doing an autopsying her husband ashes the found so rat poisoning. In the end his death was ruled a homicide and the man went to jail for attempted murder and murder. The first ever book written about
Research Paper Period: 8th What’s a Forensic Toxicologist? A forensic toxicologist is first a scientist. But when he/she applies scientific knowledge to assist juries, attorneys, and judges in understanding the poisons in science. Then he/ she are forensic Toxicologists. A forensic toxicologist is a scientist that works with law enforcement agencies to determine if any poisons or drugs are found in biological fluids or human tissues are collected at the crime scenes.
Work Environment The usual workplace for forensic toxicologists is in a lab. In the lab they analyze evidence and try to see what the cause of death of the victim was. But forensic toxicologist also works out in the field. The field is another name for crime scene which is where all of the evidence is gathered needed to determine whether or not the cause of death was by poisons or drugs that are found in biological fluids or human tissues.
History
Forensic toxicology was one of the greatest additions to the forensic science world. The first ever recorded start of forensic toxicology was in the nineteenth century. If it had not been for the forensic toxicology invention there would have been a lot of homicides ruled as natural deaths. For example their was a case when a man who was really good friends with a wealthy elderly couple. When he found out they had added him to the will he tried to kill them both by poisoning them. Unfortunately only the husband had died. Once he died his death was ruled by natural causes of a heart attack. Soon after his death his wife all of a sudden got sick. So she went to the doctor and founded out that she was being feed rat poison. So forensics got curious about did her husband really died of a heart attack. After doing an autopsying her husband ashes the found so rat poisoning. In the end his death was ruled a homicide and the man went to jail for attempted murder and murder. The first ever book written about