Detection of Arsenic in Burnt Human Bones and Ashes
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a serious loophole for criminals. To avoid detection in cases of poisoning, criminals often resort to the practice of rapid cremation of the bodies of the poisoned persons. It is usually not possible to detect alkaloids and other organic or volatile poisons in burnt bones and ashes; and it is often contended on behalf of the accused that -it is impossible to detect arsenic in burnt bones and ashes, as arsenic is
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