Hi I heard swimming can eliminate EtG from hair.Does chlorine remove EtG from hair?
Thanks for any information on that subject

Etg is a test of your urine, swimming will not alter the results of an Etg test

Nope.. if you want to pass, you abstain from consuming the product you are prohibited from consuming. There is nothing that will help you cheat a test. The only thing that works is time...lots of time. In your hair..once its there..it stays there until it grows out or falls out.

I believe the OP is referring to alcohol hair testing, not urine EtG testing. Hair Alcohol Testing FAEE is another component that is sometimes tested for in hair testing for alcohol abuse. Details on FAEE Hair Tests | EthylGlucuronide.net

I have no experience with either, personally and cannot answer if swimming or chlorine would have any affect on either test.

I have done a lot of research on the subject and there seems to be little to no definitive answers that I have found. Interestingly enough, there even exists an International Society committed to Hair Testing Standards! http://www.soht.org/ The only way I would have any confidence in obtaining a negative hair test for heavy alcohol use is long term abstinence. Aside from having the confidence of passing, it also has a ton of other positive side effects.

We do have an expert in hair testing on this site, maybe he will have some actual professional experience to share.

I don't know about all labs, but many have a variety of methods of sample collections when a hair follicle test cannot be performed.

Fingernail Drug Test - ARCpoint Labs

OR

Sweat Patch Testing - ARCpoint Labs

No, the chlorine does not get into the hair, not absorbed into the cells. (which is where the testing happens) it merely gets your hair wet and/or effects the surface of the hair.

Actually, in one of the studies that I founds, the Conclusion states, in part:

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This decrease seems to be because of a chemical degradation of EtG, after bleaching, and a leaching out effect from the matrix.

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I don't believe everything I read online, but it does strongly suggest a decrease, not elimination of EtG found in the hair after this chemical process.

Hair bleaching, of course, is NOT the same as swimming in chlorinated water, but please don't overlook Dr. Bills comments on a forum post from way back, where he identifies hot water, alone, as an extraction method. https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/addict...an-647817.html