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Load More...Looks like he won substantial damages for a ban relating to a non prohibited substance. Always an odd case this one.. #sakho #doping
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/mamadou-sakho-wada-doping-liverpool-crystal-palace-b1591887.htmlCrystal Palace’s Mamadou Sakho sues Wada for £13m over drugs-test error.
Was the drug detected, higenamine, banned at the time (it is named on the list now)? Not all labs were testing for it. Shows the complications of the current prohibited list.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/24/crystal-palace-mamadou-sakho-sues-wada-for-13m-over-drugs-test-error-liverpool?CMP=share_btn_twYou said… what?
Dr Tom Bassindale on Jamaicans and footballers: how to interpret a single urine sample
3rd Apr 17
Thanks Christiaan, I agree it is a real thing, it looks like China and Mexico have a particular issue, amongst…Christiaan Bartlett on Jamaicans and footballers: how to interpret a single urine sample
3rd Apr 17
The contaminated meat causing clenbuterol positives is a real thing: https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/news/2011-10/wada-withdraws-cas-appeal-in-case-of-mexican-footballers but as you say this exoneration maybe only possible…Dr Tom Bassindale on Forensic scientists arrested following probe at Manchester toxicology lab
20th Feb 17
Thanks Bob, a useful example for our students of the importance of getting it right or holding your hand up…
poisons archive
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![Last year I chose the exhumation of Yasser Arafat as one of my stories of the year and promised I would come back to it if further information was given. […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/palestine-115x115.jpg "Yasser Arafat poisoning")
Yasser Arafat poisoning
Posted on November 18, 2013 | No CommentsLast year I chose the exhumation of Yasser Arafat as one of my stories of the year and promised I would come back to it if further information was given. […] -
![Watching Breaking Bad last night ‘Heisenberg’ proposed extracting a castor bean and poisoning the crazy drug dealing ‘Tuco’. Is this real and what is the science behind it? What was the […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Ricinus_communis-115x115.jpg "Ricin – the castor bean poison")
Ricin – the castor bean poison
Posted on February 8, 2013 | 6 CommentsWatching Breaking Bad last night ‘Heisenberg’ proposed extracting a castor bean and poisoning the crazy drug dealing ‘Tuco’. Is this real and what is the science behind it? What was the […] -
![Khat is a plant grown in parts of Africa and is chewed for mild stimulant effects. Last week the UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs issued a review of khat […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/khat1-115x115.jpg "Khat – a UK legal high")
Khat – a UK legal high
Posted on January 28, 2013 | 4 CommentsKhat is a plant grown in parts of Africa and is chewed for mild stimulant effects. Last week the UK Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs issued a review of khat […] -
![Carbon monoxide is often called a ‘silent killer’, a gas without smell or taste than can accumulate in the blood and cause death. It is an often encountered poison in forensic toxicology. This […]](http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bbq-115x115.jpg "Forensic toxicology and carbon monoxide poisoning")
Forensic toxicology and carbon monoxide poisoning
Posted on January 19, 2013 | 2 CommentsCarbon monoxide is often called a ‘silent killer’, a gas without smell or taste than can accumulate in the blood and cause death. It is an often encountered poison in forensic toxicology. This […]
