Breaking News: Crisis at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

On June 8, 2013, in Ethics, Ethics: Scientist, GC-FID & GC/MS, Lab Scandals & Failures, by Justin J. McShane

On June 7, 2013, the Attorney General of Colorado in an unprecedented move released the findings of a report into the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and blood ethanol testing. It paints a very grim picture of undereducated, undertrained and unsupervised work. You can read the full report here. Later this week, we will be using the findings as a microcosm of everything that is prevalent and wrong in HS-GC-FID for EtOH training in the United States today.

There should be public acknowledgment of General Suthers for disclosing this information. He did justice by doing so.

It has almost got to the point that when there is a new laboratory scandal discovered, it provokes a yawn in me. Isn’t that sad?!? You know what happened when there was half the scandals in the clinical world? The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)!

Where is FLIA?!?!?

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Justin J. McShane

Harrisburg DUI attorney Justin J. McShane is the President/CEO of The McShane Firm, LLC - Pennsylvania's top criminal law and DUI law firm. He is the highest rated DUI attorney in PA as rated by Avvo.com. Justin McShane is a double Board certified attorney. He is the first and so far the only Pennsylvania attorney to achieve American Bar Association recognized board certification in DUI defense from the National College for DUI Defense, Inc. He is also a Board Certified Criminal Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Approved Agency. Justin McShane is the first and so far the only Pennsylvania attorney to achieve American Bar Association recognized board certification in DUI defense from the National College for DUI Defense, Inc.

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Josh D. Lee is a Vinita, Oklahoma based criminal defense attorney. He is nationally recognized as a lawyer-scientist for his expertise on forensic science related topics. He has lectured well over 100 times in 18 diﬀerent states.

Mr. Lee has been invited to lecture at the American Chemical Society (ACS) as well as the American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS). In 2011, Josh was elected Forensic Science Co-Chairman for the Chemistry and the Law Division of the ACS. He is also an “Assistant Chromatography Instructor” for the ACS.