Toxicology

= Forensic Toxicology =


 * __By: Cole Tuningley and Zak Stepaniuk__**[[image:forensicsciencelaw12/Toxicology picture.jpg width="420" height="273" align="right"]]


 * Forensic Toxicology** is the study of harmful chemicals and their effects on individuals when their toxic effects occur. It deals with the identification of which substances were involved.This information can then be used towards the matters of law by providing more evidence to cases involving toxins. In criminal law, forensic toxicology can help prove the guilt or innocence of the defendant during a trial of law.

__**It includes**__:
 * Analytic Chemistry (decomposing substances into its constituent)
 * biochemistry (chemical process within an organism)
 * epidemiology ( investigates biological and chemical agents)
 * pharmacodynamics (how drugs act in the body)
 * pathology (cause of the death)
 * physiology (biological study of functions/ parts if organism)


 * __Being a forensic scientist level of education__:** bachelors degree in forensic science, have to take chemistry for about 3 years/biology. Something with a graduate degree including dissertation + final thesis project technology

__**Forensic scientist salary**__: the average forensic salary is a little over $50,000 a year, top forensic scientists making $80,000+

__**Instruments forensic scientist use**__: Lights, microscopes, analytic equipment, fingerprinting equipment

__**Forensic science was used in this case**:__ A 74-year-old woman was struck by a car travelling at about 50 km/h. she was rushed to the hospital and con arrival she collapsed and died 8 h later. At autopsy, there was massive bleeding into the left pleural cavity, ruptures of the pericardium and right ventricle, and a type A thoracic aortic dissection. The cause of death was haemorrhagic shock due to rupture of the pericardium and delayed rupture of the right ventricle following trauma to the chest.

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