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 February 3, 1997