 Ford's other publications range from microbial research and elucidating newly threatening infections to examining scientists' dissatisfaction with their lot.Other areas of his interests are the invention of a space microscope commissioned by Brunel University, to be used by European Space Agency, safety of the water supply and the rising incidence of head lice and bed bugs, his discovery of new phenomena in blood coagulation, the excretory mechanisms of plants and investigations of the 'ingenuity' of living cells that alter our understanding of the living cell.Ford's proposal for biohazard legislation led to supportive articles in "Nature" and "The Times" and has led to the introduction of worldwide biohazard controls.