So what your saying, Asoprovac stated there was no positives, so that is fact.
My research, the laboratories who do clenbuterol analysis on beef in Spain (are not WADA)
For beef to be shown as positive... there are two thresholds-
1. for muscle, would have to be 2000x the level registered in Contador.
2. for liver and kidneys, would have to be 10,000x the level registered in Contador.
If we were able to see the results of the 14,179 controls, possibly some would show clenbuterol,
just not up to the threshold limits, or over, to be positive.
A media statement that there was no positive, does not make it fact (no clenbuterol in the process)
Now the WADA system is a whole different situation,
Some, however, can spot concentrations far lower than WADA’s required minimum
There are only a very few labs, even in the WADA system, that can measure to the limits of Contador's result.
Contador’s urine was analysed in one such lab, in Cologne, Germany. In a 2009 scientific paper, Cologne scientists said that, with superfine detection, clenbuterol positives “could be due to the consumption of trace amounts present in feed or principally also in the water supply.â€
Note:
... trace amounts present in feed or principally also in the water supply
Jules21, you make the point, and maybe so...
a more credible argument would start by considering all the posibilities and working through the evidence to eliminate them
That might be possible if ALL the evidence was made available (which it has not been).... no just media "hearsay"
... so far.
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