Poison Analysis

For many centuries, poisoning has been a popular method of murder.   One reason is that almost any natural substance in the right dose can be poisonous, and many poisons mimic common medical diseases, leading physicians to believe a victim died of natural causes.
Toxicology is important not just for an investigation in which foul play is suspected.   It is equally essential for determining accidental deaths and suicides and even for substance abuse while on the job.  A toxicologist may be called on to test for anything from arsenic to poisoned gas to GHB to prescription drugs.


Personal Reflection

We had to determine what poison was used during each station. Take for example Cynide turns blood red when you put iron in it. that tells you that the person was poison with Cynide.

This is our group about to test if the substance is postitive for Aspirin.

Then we tested the PH of the substance to see if it was below 7

Then we add BTB to determine what substance is Aspirin