The world's first degree course in environmental forensics-the science of determining sources of pollution-started in September at the School of Ocean Sciences in Britain's University of Wales in Bangor.The course will train students to act as expert ewitnesses in court,where they must produce a scientifically defensible case and learn to stand up to legal cross-examination,expalins course organizer Stephen Mudge,a senior lecturer in marine chemistry.
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