ABSTRACT
Since as early as the late 1800s, microscopy has been used by the forensic scientists for crime detection. Pollen typing has been used recently by some forensic scientists in determining the source areas for illegal shipments of marijuana. All the materials addressed in forensic microscopy have environmental and occupational exposure correlations. They are not separate and distinct. Forensic microscopy is finding its way into the environmental professional's tool box of options. Despite the phenomenal capacity of forensic microscopy, environmental information and data collection is rarely accomplished by deposition and characterization of dust. Forensic microscopy has been used to address industrial neighborhood complaints. The uses of forensic microscopy for particulate analysis in the environmental field are limited only by oversight. It is up to the environmental professional to explore the capabilities of this approach and extract that which may prove helpful in a given situation.
