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Without a prescription, anabolic steroids are illegal in Australia. But that doesn’t stop “gym bros” and various online providers selling these drugs to people who want to grow bigger muscles and improve their athletic performance.
These illicit products are unregulated and don’t pass official quality checks.
A new study tested several products from Australia’s underground steroid market and found the vast majority were either mislabelled or contained the wrong drug. Alarmingly, all had some level of heavy metal contamination.
People aren't going to stop using steroids – what we need is better testing, surveillance and regulation to prevent harm.
Until next week,
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Signe Dean
Science + Technology Editor
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Timothy Piatkowski, Griffith University
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Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland
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Cathy Herbrand, De Montfort University
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Roy Ebel, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Our most-read science articles this week
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Jesse Kearse, Kyoto University
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Nicole Rinehart, Monash University; Chloe Emonson, Monash University; Ebony Renee Lindor, Monash University
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Liz Hicks, The University of Melbourne
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Wesley Morgan, UNSW Sydney; Riona Moodley, UNSW Sydney
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Piers Forster, University of Leeds; Debbie Rosen, University of Leeds
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Matthias Dehling, Monash University
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Caitlin Jones, University of Sydney; Christopher Maher, University of Sydney
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Bin Lu, Australian National University; Marnie Shaw, Australian National University
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James F. Holden, UMass Amherst
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Neil McArthur, University of Manitoba
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