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If you do not know - " antenna of bugs " have also been used as GC detector
s for over a decade.

Check with Terry Acree, NY State Experimental Station, Geneva, NY - part of
 Cornell U.

He does a lot of food odor research with his "CHARM" Mac sniffing system fo
r decades..

I got to know him from my wine [enology] industry work !

How much can we learn from other creatures on earth - they may know a lot m
ore than us in many ways !

Frank



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From: Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety 
To: DCHAS-L 
Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011 12:46 pm
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Dog detection strategies beyond Hg...

From: "Eric Clark" 
ate: May 16, 2011 10:46:51 AM EDT
Hello Colleagues, 
Did you happen to see the Chemical & Engineering News (May 9, 2011, p 56)
 
rticle regarding the cancer-sniffing dog?   According C&EN, this amazing do
g 
an correctly identify positive colorectal cancer from a patient's fecal 
pecimen with 97% accuracy.  As far as service animal jobs go, this one must
 be 
onsidered by dogs to be the epitome of all the sniffing jobs, leaving drug,
 
xplosive, and mercury-sniffing in a distant 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place.  
The next step for the researchers is to identify the compound that's unique
 to 
ancer.  Perhaps this dog could also serve as a GC detector by sniffing what
 
omes off of the chromatography column - the correct fraction being when the
 
og's tail wags.  But I don't believe using a GC dog-detector is something
 
esearch labs presently do do.   
Eric 
Eric Clark, MS, CCHO, CHMM 
afety & Compliance Officer 
os Angeles County Public Health Laboratory

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If you do not know - " antenna of bugs " have also been used as G C detectors for over a decade.
 
Check with Terry Acree, NY State Experimental Station, Geneva, NY - part of Cornell U.
 
He does a lot of food odor research with his "CHARM" Mac sniffing syst em for decades..
 
I got to know him from my wine [enology] industry work !
 
How much can we learn from other creatures on earth - they may know a lot more than us in many ways !
 
Frank
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Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011 12:46 pm
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Dog detection strategies beyond Hg...

From: 
"Eric Clark" <erclark**At_Symbol_Here**ph.laco
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Date: May 16, 2011 10:46:51 AM EDT

Hello Colleagues, 

Did you happen to see the Chemical & Engineering News (May 9, 2011, p 5
6) 
article regarding the cancer-sniffing dog?   According C&EN, this amazi
ng dog 
can correctly identify positive colorectal cancer from a patient's fecal 
specimen with 97% accuracy.  As far as service animal jobs go, this one mus
t be 
considered by dogs to be the epitome of all the sniffing jobs, leaving drug
, 
explosive, and mercury-sniffing in a distant 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place.  

The next step for the researchers is to identify the compound that's unique
 to 
cancer.  Perhaps this dog could also serve as a GC detector by sniffing wha
t 
comes off of the chromatography column - the correct fraction being when th
e 
dog's tail wags.  But I don't believe using a GC dog-detector is something
 
research labs presently do do.   

Eric 

Eric Clark, MS, CCHO, CHMM 
Safety & Compliance Officer 
Los Angeles County Public Health Laboratory
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