A breath-takingly simple test for human exposure to potentially toxic substances
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 12:00
in Psychology & Sociology
The search for a rapid, non-invasive way to determine whether people have been exposed to potentially toxic substances in their workplaces, homes and elsewhere in the environment has led scientists to a technology that literally takes a person's breath away. Their report identifying exhaled breath as an ideal indicator of such exposure appears in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology.