Effect of Agitated Serial Dilutions on Whole Organisms: Roma Tomatoes (Lycopersicon Lycopersicum), Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera L.) and Rosy Red Minnows (Pimephales Promela)

Abstract

This study explored the potential use of homeopathic principles to create detrimental chemical solutions that might potentially be used as a form of bioterrorism. The general strategy taken for this project was to dilute chemicals known to be poisonous to an organism and determine the effect of each diluted solution as well as its agitation. Three organisms were used Lycopersicon lycopersicum, Apis mellifera L., and Pimephales promela. Hypothesis 1 stated that any dilution would have a damaging effect as long as the solution was agitated. Pimephales promela was the only organism which showed that agitating a solution was more detrimental than the same solution when not agitated; however being that this was the only organism that the ASD affected more than the SD solution this can be partly do to random chance. Therefore with these findings homeopathic use is not seen as concern for potential use in agroterrorism.