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Ryan Mitchell
Forensic Toxicologist
The study of all aspects of toxicity that may have legal implications.
What is Forensic Toxicology?
• The minimum education level needed for this job is a bachelor’s degree
• It is recommended that a doctorate degree is obtained (this is what is preferred by most employers)
What Level of Education is Needed
They isolate and identify any substances in the body that may have contributed to the crime.
This includes:
• Alcohol
• Illegal/ prescription drugs
• Metals
• Gases like Carbon Monoxide
How is this Related to the Solving a Crime?
• Bachelors degree Starting salary is just under $50,000 a year
• Masters degree is just over $50,000 a year
• Doctorate degree receives close to $100,000 a year
• With 10-19 years of experience: $ 150,000 a year
Salary
• Nice pay
• People call you doctor
Disadvantages
• Irregular hours
• Have to obtain a doctorate
• Can take time away from family
Advantages/ Disadvantages
Could become:
• Pharmacist
• Biologist
• Chemist
• Biochemist
Other career opportunities
• Woman dead.
• Ruptured gas line and the smell of gas in the room
• Officials assume that she died of exposure to gas
• Toxicologist found CO in the lungs and a crushed windpipe
• Turns out that her husband wanted the claim on the insurance policy that he just bought
Real Life Example