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The Potential for Soil Dust Analysis in Forensics
Loaded on March 15, 2024
by Anthony Accurso
published in Criminal Legal News
March, 2024, page 33
Filed under:
junk science.
Location:
Australia.
by Anthony W. Accurso
Australian forensic scientists, led by Flinders University, have been studying how the chemical and biological analysis of as little as three mg of dust can pinpoint its geographical origin, so it “can be used as key evidence to link back to the scene of a crime.” ...
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