Testing the car for the presence of bacteria
Over the weekend I’ll be attempting to grow bacteria from the car. By inoculating a series of Petri dishes with different growth media we should get some colonies growing.
Bacteria on containing oil spills
There is so many ways that biotechnology is applied in everyday life. One of the ways in helping to solve environmental problems.
Slice of a child's head (licking)
Found this on the bus - 7.45am 16th October.
Some uses of lead list and images
Some other uses of lead list:
Pigment analysis with Ruth Siddall, Geo-Archeologist (UCL)
Ruth Siddall is a Geo-Archeologist who has been working at UCL for the past 20 years. Ruth came on board the bus to do a pigment analysis of the red and white paint on the toy car.
Metal Eating Man
The attached audio file is a short interview with Linda Francis, who stepped onto the Object Retrieval bus and was reminded of a man she saw 35 years ago, who was, apparently commonly known in the
Pica and Blood Lead in Psychotic Children
B. E. Oliver, G. O'Gorman, Pica and Blood Lead in Psychotic Children, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, Volume 8 Issue 6, Pages 704-707
safety requirements for lead in toys from 1963 - present day
According to the DTI product standards - 'Toy safety' Guidance notes on the Uk toys (safety) regulations 1995 document for the protection of children’s health the use of toys must not, as an object
Original Photograph of Toy Car from Great Ormond Street Hospital
The photograph attached is a digital scan of the 'official' Great Ormond Street Hospital photograph taken in 1963 that was retrieved from the hospital archive.
Pica
Pica is a medical disorder characterized by an appetite for non-nutritive substances. The condition's name comes from the Latin word for magpie, a bird which is reputed to eat almost anything.