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United States, 1970
The first case that involved forensic palynology in the United States was in 1970, where Honeybee pollination studies were issued. During this time honey pollen analysis began growing as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), insured beekeepers a higher world market price for their honey. Under the premisses that the honey was produced on USA grounds. Thus, honey samples were sent for pollen analysis, where conformation that the honey was produced in the USA was concluded or not. Generally, most of the cases during this time involved law suits concerning beekeepers. For example, a Michigan beekeeper arose suspect of importing beehives from the southeastern USA that weren't inspected for mites. This led to the USDA inspecting honey samples where it was concluded that they were imported from the Southeastern region of USA. Due to that the honey contained floral types common to the Southeastern region and not found in Michigan. [1]
Modern Uses
Forensic Palynology is mostly utilized in countries such as NewZealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom.[2] It plays a big role in criminal cases as it aids multiple cases, varying from forgery, rape, homicide, genocide, terrorism, drug dealing, assault, and robbery. It is useful as it relates a suspect
- ^ Bryant, Vaughn M.; Jones, Gretchen D. (2006-11-22). "Forensic palynology: Current status of a rarely used technique in the United States of America". Forensic Science International. Forensic Palynology. 163 (3): 183–197. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.11.021. ISSN 0379-0738.
- ^ Mildenhall, D. C.; Wiltshire, P. E. J.; Bryant, V. M. (2006-11-22). "Forensic palynology: Why do it and how it works". Forensic Science International. Forensic Palynology. 163 (3): 163–172. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.07.012. ISSN 0379-0738.