ACTIVITIES OF THE UNIT FOR FORENSIC CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY OF THE SWISS-SOCIETY-OF-LEGAL-MEDICINE

In Switzerland, analytical toxicology and chemistry in the Forensic Me dicine are scientifically organized around the Swiss Society of Legal Medicine. These specialized fields of activity in service analyses, de velopment and research are mainly concentrated within the six laborato ries of the actual university's institutes dedicated for Legal Medicin e in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, St. Gallen, and Zurich. Forensic c hemistry and toxicology are routinely dealing with the latest developm ents in analytical chemistry, using mainly very selective methods rely ing on tandem intrumental techniques like GC/MS or LC/MS in order to p rovide analytical results with the level of quality requested by the J ustice.