how is your work going to benefit people and the environment?

Question: how is your work going to benefit people and the environment?
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Asked by mollycreegann to Niamh, Kat on 18 Mar 2011 in Categories: Forensics.
- Niamh Nic Daeid answered on 18 Mar 2011:
  
  Hi Molly
  
  Thanks for your question. My research certainly affects people. The drug work we do helps to link illegal samples (like heroin and ecstasy) from dealer to dealer in order to provide the police at a national and international level with a means to intercept and interrupt drug smuggling.
  The work we do on fires helps to make buildings safer to live in and helps identify the victims of fire even when they are badly burnt.
  
  We also work on some projects that are focused on environmental pollution and on how to detect waste products in water and soils with a view to connect that waste to a particular laboratory of source.

Question: how is your work going to benefit people and the environment?