CROSS-CONTAMINATION during a routine quality control assessment at the Forensic Drug Chemistry Laboratory has led Rhode Island health officials to review hundreds of cases involving cocaine samples.
PROVIDENCE – Accidental cross-contamination during a quality control test at a state laboratory is calling into question hundreds of criminal cases involving cocaine. The R.I. Department of Health revealed on March 17 that a scientist at its Forensic Drug Chemistry Laboratory detected cocaine during a routine quality assurance testing last fall, in a sample that…
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