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https://doi.org/10.1039/D0AN00682C
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchromb.2021.122584“No 10 will come up with a formulation of words that Whitty can live with.”
Following the science?
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/feb/19/whitty-at-odds-with-johnson-over-big-bang-reopening-of-schools-in-england?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_OtherAll of this story is my favourite bit of the story, but special mention for Liam’s mum immediately suggesting that maybe this was the wake-up call he needed https://twitter.com/LiamThorpECHO/status/1362046895837900800
A headline I never thought I would write
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/invited-covid-vaccine-because-nhs-19857990You 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 […]
