EXHIBIT 23.2

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

To MOISTURE SYSTEMS CORPORATION AND MOISTURE SYSTEMS LIMITED:

    As  independent  public  accountants,  we hereby  consent  to the use of our
report dated February 3, 1997 (and to all references to our Firm) included in or
made a part of this Registration  Statement and related Prospectus of Thermedics
Detection Inc.

                                         ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
July 23, 1997