Study: Steroids Found in Supplements
Written by A.J. Perez, USA TODAY
Wednesday, 05 December 2007
A study scheduled to be released Wednesday and obtained by USA TODAY reports that 13 of the 52 supplements (25%) purchased at various U.S. retailers contained small amounts of
steroids and six (11.5%) had
banned stimulants.
The study was overseen by Informed-Choice, a non-profit coalition of dietary supplements. Testing was conducted by HFL, a lab approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency and located in England.
"We were very surprised by these results," said Dave Hall, CEO of HFL.
A study by the International Olympic Committee conducted from 2000 to 2002 showed 18.8% of the 240 supplements purchased in the USA contained steroids.
Officials from Informed-Choice and HFL declined to Reveal which supplements were tested or where they were purchased, but Hall said some of best-selling brands were randomly selected, mostly from mall-based stores.
"We didn't go after products that appeared to be dubious," Hall said. "We wanted to test products that were standard and mainstream, something a high school kid would be attracted to."
Dakle nema vise naturalaca
sad smo svi na steroidima