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Robert Chung
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From http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/sports/olympics/26doping.html
"Athletes who want to cheat by injecting themselves with a performance-
enhancing drug that boosts their blood cell count can do so with
little risk of getting caught, a new study indicates
"The investigators gave eight young men EPO [...] The men’s urine
samples were then sent to two labs accredited by the World Anti-Doping
Agency, and EPO tests were requested.
"The first lab found some samples positive and a few others
suspicious. [...] The lab also declared a sample positive, although
the man had stopped taking the drug and it should have been gone from
his urine. His previous urine sample, obtained when he was taking EPO,
was negative in this lab’s test.
"The second lab never deemed any urine sample positive for EPO and
found only a few to be suspicious. The two labs did not agree on which
samples were suspicious."
"Athletes who want to cheat by injecting themselves with a performance-
enhancing drug that boosts their blood cell count can do so with
little risk of getting caught, a new study indicates
"The investigators gave eight young men EPO [...] The men’s urine
samples were then sent to two labs accredited by the World Anti-Doping
Agency, and EPO tests were requested.
"The first lab found some samples positive and a few others
suspicious. [...] The lab also declared a sample positive, although
the man had stopped taking the drug and it should have been gone from
his urine. His previous urine sample, obtained when he was taking EPO,
was negative in this lab’s test.
"The second lab never deemed any urine sample positive for EPO and
found only a few to be suspicious. The two labs did not agree on which
samples were suspicious."