Monday, March 21, 2022

The Body Buddy


Could plants help us find dead bodies? Forensic botanists want to know
Sep 2020, phys.org

Body recovery they call it. Cadaver metabolites: "One thought is if we had a specific person who went missing who was, let's say, a heavy smoker, they could have a chemical profile that could trigger some sort of unique plant response making them easier to locate." Stewart remarks.

Obviously from U of Tennessee's Body Farm: Trends in Plant Science, Brabazon et al.: "Plants to remotely detect human decomposition?" DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.07.013

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