The Aerospace Toxicology Laboratory set up by the Indian Air Force has become the new addition to the host of scientific facilities in Bangalore. The facility, set up in the premises of the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM), aims to conduct exclusive scientific research in the field of aerospace toxicology. Air Marshal A K Behl, director general, medical sciences (Air), said the new facility would help conduct root analysis of aircraft-related accidents. Dr Arvind K Chaturvedi, Adjunct Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Centre and Graduate Facility, while delivering the ‘Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee Memorial Oration’ at the IAM recently, said aerospace toxicology deals with studying the various adverse effects of drugs, chemicals and contaminants on humans flying within or outside the atmosphere. The lab will have multiple utility as it can even cater to the needs of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), which has in the pipeline a human space project, feasibility studies for which have already begun.
Source: Deccan Herald
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