Toxicology (page 2)
Career Opportunities
This is an exciting field in which to interact with other
professionals and to work with different types of cases.
Forensic toxicologists work in police or law enforcement
laboratories, medical examiner laboratories, and workplace
drug testing laboratories. Other career opportunities
exist in hospitals, universities and industry laboratories,
and with agencies which monitor drug use in sports.
The Society of Forensic Toxicology (SOFT www.soft-tox.org)
is a leading professional society for toxicologists in
the United States. They maintain internet links to most
major professional societies and toxicologist Certification
Boards. The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
(www.tiaft.org) is
another excellent source of international reference materials.
These websites provide many additional details concerning
career opportunities in the field of toxicology.
