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Old Jul 18, 2011 | 11:04 am
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tinman435
 
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Originally Posted by BubbaLoop
The currently used ETD equipment/protocol obviously has problems, and these should be addressed. Glycerin and nitroglycerin, for example, are very distinct molecules from a physico-chemical standpoint, and there are straightforward spectroscopic approaches to distinguish them. But the truth is the methodological approach of ETD is correct, and therefore there is a solution to the false positive problem of ETDs.

Whole body imaging, on the other hand, is not "fixable", because it is the incorrect methodological approach.
To make matters worse, Nitroglycerin is a ligitamate hart medication that many older people use on a daily basis.
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