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ETG tests are highly flawed due to not being discriminative enough where the alcohol is coming from. People have lost their jobs, licenses, etc and didn't drink. Those in the healthcare field will fail automatically due to the need to constantly use Purell; over 700 ng, almost 800ng, and the limit is 100. Considering an alcoholic beverage will cause 6000 ng, having the positive results at 100ng is ridiculous!

Lysol disinfectant alone will cause a false positive. Foods, including ripe fruits, will cause false positives. Not only these but also cleansers, toothpaste, mouthwash, breathfresheners, some aerosol products, food enhancers such as extracts, hairspray, deodorant, over the counter medicines, and the list goes on.

They say that only ingestion will cause a positive result but this was clinically found to be false... inhaling the fumes will also cause a false positive result which was shown with the use of Purell. It may just have been a guess, by the scientists, that it was just the inhaling of the fumes, but your skin is the biggest organ in you body and I believe that absorption must be considered as well! I personally don't know how anyone can pass it. I would fail alone just from my coffee with Vanilla extract in it every morning. Or my whip cream on ice cream.

This test is completely unreliable. Because my EtG was 3000, is that high?

I think the question you should ask is, did you drink?

Unfortunately, one just needs to follow the money in this area. They are willing to be wrong 1/1000 times because,well, that's all they have technology wise at this point. Plus there are millions if not billions at stake for all involved.

Assuming you did not drink, some will say it is your responsibility to basically lock yourself in a bubble for years and drink water and just eat bread (I forgot some breads must cause you to fail as well). Or, I guess one better start studying for that PHD to determine the multitude of products that contain alcohol regardless of whether one ingests it or not.

There is much $$$ to be made on these tests from private industry (testing manufactures, labs, rehabilitation centers, counselors.. etc.etc hell even private prisions. The Gov. will of course get it's own share as well. And given the majority of the population is not subject to these tests, you won't see any politicians looking for inherient problems.

If there was no additional testing done, it's almost a crime in itself to use solely an eTG test result as the single determination for consequences.. Of course, it's some will say SAMSHA is not a reliable source I guess.