Drugs in sport…
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![Why should failing a drugs test due to a contaminated supplement lead to a doping ban for an athlete? Strict liability… Yesterday Rhys Williams and Gareth Warburton (Welsh athletes) were handed four […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dietary-supp-36x36.jpg "Supplements and strict liability")
Supplements and strict liability
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![I have been hearing a lot of people commenting that banning doping will lead to a level playing field in sport. In this post I am having a bit of a […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1237143_53537869-36x36.jpg "Levelling the playing field")
Levelling the playing field
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![This week there has been a lot of sporting headlines over Therapeutic Use Exemptions and whether they are legitimate in sports, particularly cycling. This may be a confusing area… What […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/inhaler-36x36.jpg "TUE – Therapeutic Use Exemptions or legitimised drug taking?")
TUE – Therapeutic Use Exemptions or legitimised drug taking?
Posted on June 23, 2014 | No comments
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Dr Tom Bassindale on Caffeine in hair
20th Jan 15
Hair analyses can be conducted on anywhere from 10mg to 100mg of hair. Thanks TomLana on Is the rise in workplace drug testing a good thing?
17th Jan 15
This article provides a good argument challenging drug testing within the work place environment. My comment in response to …Sue Elliott on Caffeine in hair
26th Nov 14
Could you please e mail me the amount of hair taken per analysis ?Latest research…
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![One year ago I attended a Forensic Science Society meeting about research and wrote the post ‘Forensic Science Research – What Research?‘. That has been one of my most read pages […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/818618_178558112-36x36.jpg "Forensic Horizons – research conference 2013")
Forensic Horizons – research conference 2013
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![Please find below a short description of research undertaken by Yashaswini Srinivas into methods of detection of DMAA, undertaken at Sheffield Hallam University. DMAA has been in the news recently as it […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tuaminoheptane-36x36.gif "DMAA Research by YB Srinivas")
DMAA Research by YB Srinivas
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![It’s that time of year. We look back over the past year and forward to the next – and make wild predictions about what the ‘New You’ will do in the […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/file000267804564-36x36.jpg "New Years Resolutions from WeAreForensic")
New Years Resolutions from WeAreForensic
Posted on December 31, 2012 | 6 comments
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![Why should failing a drugs test due to a contaminated supplement lead to a doping ban for an athlete? Strict liability… Yesterday Rhys Williams and Gareth Warburton (Welsh athletes) were handed four […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dietary-supp-115x115.jpg "Supplements and strict liability")
Supplements and strict liability
Posted on January 20, 2015 | No CommentsWhy should failing a drugs test due to a contaminated supplement lead to a doping ban for an athlete? Strict liability… Yesterday Rhys Williams and Gareth Warburton (Welsh athletes) were handed four […] -
![I have been hearing a lot of people commenting that banning doping will lead to a level playing field in sport. In this post I am having a bit of a […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1237143_53537869-115x115.jpg "Levelling the playing field")
Levelling the playing field
Posted on November 15, 2014 | No CommentsI have been hearing a lot of people commenting that banning doping will lead to a level playing field in sport. In this post I am having a bit of a […] -
![Forensic evidence needs to be considered impartially and without prejudice. Recently cognitive bias has become somewhat a buzzword in FS circles… Recently I read a slightly tongue in cheek tweet from an […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Brain-115x115.jpg "Cognitive bias in Forensic Science")
Cognitive bias in Forensic Science
Posted on October 22, 2014 | 2 CommentsForensic evidence needs to be considered impartially and without prejudice. Recently cognitive bias has become somewhat a buzzword in FS circles… Recently I read a slightly tongue in cheek tweet from an […]
