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Ryan Mitchell
Forensic Toxicologist
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The study of all aspects of toxicity that may have legal implications.
What is Forensic Toxicology?
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• 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
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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?
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• 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
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• Nice pay
• People call you doctor
Disadvantages
• Irregular hours
• Have to obtain a doctorate
• Can take time away from family
Advantages/ Disadvantages
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Could become:
• Pharmacist
• Biologist
• Chemist
• Biochemist
Other career opportunities
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• 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