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SCIENCE & JUSTICE
Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages 71-75Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2007.08.003
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luminol; blood; health and safety; toxicity
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Luminol is a reagent that is used to enhance areas of non-visible bloodstaining and it is one of the most sensitive of such reagents available to the forensic scientist. However, its use, particularly within the UK and some other European countries, has been limited, predominantly due to concerns about the health and safety of the reagent. This paper reviews the literature currently available regarding the health and safety of luminol, and in the authors' view demonstrates that there are no significant health and safety concerns with the preparation of luminol solution and its application at the crime scene or in the laboratory, providing suitable precautions are taken. (C) 2007 Forensic Science Society. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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