Corrosion CSI

Scientists have found that the sweat exuded from finger pores causes slight but permanent corrosion of metal surfaces touched by an individual, from a bullet to a bomb part. See the article in the Boston Globe here, the full article "Visualization of Latent Fingerprint Corrosion of Metallic Surfaces" by John W. Bond appears in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 53 Issue 4, Pages 812 - 822, Published Online: 9 May 2008.