ToxicologyBy Sarah Park 9D

What is Toxicology?

• Deals with the investigation of toxic substances such as alco-hol, drugs and poisons.

• Provides analysis of biological specimens for presence or ab-sence of harmful chemicals.

• Interprets findings to support court proceedings.

• Using a variety of analytical instruments and techniques to analysis evidence.

• Integrates the principles and methods of many fields: chem-istry, biology, pharmacology, molecular biology, physiology and medicine.

Toxicologist • Toxicologists plan and carry out laboratory and field studies.

• Identify, monitor and evaluate the impact of toxic materials and radiation on human and animal health, the environment, and the impact of future technology.

• Careers in toxicology are divided into eight broad areas: - Industrial- Pharmaceutical-Academic/University- Clinical-Forensic- Regulatory- Occupational-Eco-toxicology

Death of Marilyn Monroe

The Death of Marilyn Monroe

• Marilyn Monroe died on August 4th 1962.

• She was find in her bedroom, nude, facedown, on her bed.

• Marilyn Monroe was an all-American success story. She had everything.

• Toxicological screening, autopsy, psychological analy-sis and many more where tested.

• The physical evidence suggests accidental death, mur-der or suicide, but even today no one knows the exact answer and proof.

Murder or Suicide?• There are still un-explained events relating to Marilyn

Monroe’s death. Here are the examples….

- There was no suicide note ever recovered

- How could Marilyn swallow Nembutal tablets when no cup of water was found and the plumbing system was turned off?

-Her autopsy results showed no trace or remains of any tablets in her stomach.

-There are so many differences as to what happened during that time by so many people.

Bibliography

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/forensics/toxicology/3.html

• http://toxicology.tamu.edu/whatistox.shtml

• http://www.toxicologysource.com/whatistoxicology.html

• http://www.exploreforensics.co.uk/forensic-toxicology.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicology

For Listening!