Article: FDA beefing up analysis to thwart counterfeiting, but dosage form makers hold key to helping.(Brief Article)
Validation Times;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......director of FDA's Inorganic Laboratory Forensic Chemistry Center, Cincinnati. She said firms...use the same tests deployed by the Forensic Chemistry Center. Up to 95% foreign-sourced...Product Quality. And, while both the Forensic Chemistry Center and FDA's Import Operations...

Article: Spectacular sessions. (American Society for Industrial Security's 41st annual seminars and exhibitions)
Security Management;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......their relevance to routine investigations. As the title - Forensic Chemistry: Wizardry or Worthwhile? - suggests, forensic evidence...depend solely on its merits. Some cases can benefit from forensic chemistry, however, include wrongful discharge actions, civil litigation...

Article: FDA uses more than lab analysis of APIs to find fake drugs; excipient variation a major clue.(Counterfeiting)
Validation Times;  April 1, 2009 ;     614 words ......conference here last month. Cheryl L. Flurer, Ph.D., of FDA's Forensic Chemistry Center in Cincinnati, OH, told the meeting at the University...counterfeit and diverted drug products. She said the Forensic Chemistry Center's task is to determine: a) the presence of active...

Article: Advances in the Forensic Analysis and Dating of Writing Ink.(Book Review)
The Forensic Examiner;  July 1, 2003 ;     348 words ......Document fraud costs billions of dollars annually, and its impact is even greater than that of violent crime. In order to help forensic chemists learn how to compare, identify and date inks on questioned documents, Brunelle and Crawford detail the many advances that...

Article: Chemical analysis of firearms, ammunition, and gunshot residue.(Brief article)(Book review)
SciTech Book News;  September 1, 2008 ;     140 words ......on the detection of residue on a suspect's skin and clothing. The book is meant for use in forensic laboratories and by forensic chemists with little knowledge of firearms. Along with other sources, the book is based on statistics gathered at the Northern Ireland...

Article: The Forensic Laboratory Handbook: Procedures and Practice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
SciTech Book News;  June 1, 2006 ;     136 words ......as opposed to those presented on TV. Authors of the chapters, who are forensic scientists, discuss serology and DNA, forensic chemistry, crime reconstruction, digital evidence, explosives and arson, fingerprints, firearms and tool marks, forensic odontology...

Article: FDA's forensic center: speedy, sophisticated sleuthing. (Food and Drug Administration's Forensic Chemistry Center, Cincinnati, Ohio)(includes related article on analytical methods)
FDA Consumer;  July 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......veterinarian on the East Coast. Next stop was a pathologist in Utah. Finally, the dissected mouse was sent to Fricke at FDA's Forensic Chemistry Center in Cincinnati. Fortunately, the mouse's teeth were still intact. We measured the spacing between the teeth and...

Article: ExxonMobil Disputes Article in Journal ``Science''.
Business Wire;  December 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ......dpage@bowdoin.edu -- Dr. Robert J. Huggett Toxicology; forensic chemistry 232 Administration Building Michigan State University...tnc.org -- Dr. Paul D. Boehm Hydrocarbon, marine, and forensic chemistry; oil spill response, restoration, and recovery Battelle...

Article: Open secrets: how the government lost the drug war in cyberspace.(Culture and Reviews)(Microgram)
Reason;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Enforcement Administration (DEA) quietly published a quirky monthly newsletter called Microgram for a small audience of forensic chemists. It was law enforcement restricted, which meant you could obtain it only if you were a law enforcement official, a government...

Article: Indicator, Acid-base
World of Forensic Science;      358 words ......to detect different ranges of pH. The pH at which the color of an indicator changes is called the transition interval. Forensic chemists use appropriate indicators to signal the end of an acid-base neutralization reaction. Such a reaction is usually accomplished...

Article: Crime Scene Chemistry for the Armchair Sleuth.(Brief article)(Book review)
Internet Bookwatch;  January 1, 2008 ;     120 words ......follow a chemist and a reserve police officer to examine just how evidence is collected and what happens in the field of forensic chemistry, surveying the testing and analytical processes involved in gathering evidence. It's a 'must' for any serious college...

Article: Chemistry: Applications in Espionage, Intelligence, and Security Issues
Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security;      700+ words ......skills to help security services in areas as wide-ranging as drugs, firearms, toxicology, and fiber analysis. For example forensic chemistry concerns the detection and characterization of substances at crime scenes. These might include bomb fragment analysis...

Article: Forensic expert: he couldn't move.
Evening Courier (Halifax, England);  December 1, 2006 ;     294 words ......coffee. However, Bradford Crown Court heard that according to a toxicology report by Dr Alexander Forest, a professor of forensic chemistry, Mr Butterworth would have been incapable of moving with the amount of heroin circulating his body. Andrew Kershaw, prosecuting...

Article: Haber enters a joint venture with Marine Electric Systems for manufacturing and marketing.
Business Wire;  October 13, 1995 ;     155 words ......creating applications and protocols for its EMP technology in niche markets for dye, biological stain, DNA, protein, and forensic chemistry. Haber's high-tech proprietary chemical process developments include EMP, metallurgical extraction and a non-toxic gold...