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Phillies' Romero says he's not guilty in doping suspension
[SIZE=-1]USA Today [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Romero, whose suspension will cost him $1.25 million in wages, said he purchased his supplement at a GNC store July 22 in Cherry Hill, N.J. The supplement was called 6-OXO Extreme, designed by chemist Patrick Arnold, who also designed the THG steroid at the center of the BALCO scandal. Romero said there was no warning label on the supplement. But at a hearing, MLB provided a bottle that included a warning. There's also a warning on the product's website that reads: "Use of this product may be banned by some athletic or government associations (including military)."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"Basically, I am being punished for not having a chemistry lab in my house to test everything I put in my body," Romero said in a statement, "because reading the ingredients on a label is no longer good enough. I am all for catching the guys that cheat and punishing them. But I feel like I'm the victim of a system where a player like me is punished because other players before me have blatantly broken the rules." [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]NSF International, a not-for-profit organization based in Ann Arbor, Mich., certifies supplements for Major League Baseball, the NFL and the PGA Tour. EgroPharm, the manufacturer of 6-OXO Extreme, is not one of NSF's approved companies and any product that purported to be a testosterone booster, like 6-OXO Extreme, should be avoided by professional athletes who are tested, according to Ed Wyszumiala, NSF's general manager of dietary supplement programs.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"There is a certain segment of the market where we're not convinced isn't adulterating their products," Wyszumiala said. "Maybe this is a case where a company would spike a product in order to gain market share. [/SIZE]
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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/phillies/2009-01-06-romero-suspension_N.htm%3Fcsp%3D34&cid=1290347663&ei=TuNmSdOHKoHI9AS4noCoDQ&usg=AFQjCNH1GCuSULfCkSF_vY7ZFPL75JiVPg
[SIZE=-1]USA Today [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Romero, whose suspension will cost him $1.25 million in wages, said he purchased his supplement at a GNC store July 22 in Cherry Hill, N.J. The supplement was called 6-OXO Extreme, designed by chemist Patrick Arnold, who also designed the THG steroid at the center of the BALCO scandal. Romero said there was no warning label on the supplement. But at a hearing, MLB provided a bottle that included a warning. There's also a warning on the product's website that reads: "Use of this product may be banned by some athletic or government associations (including military)."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"Basically, I am being punished for not having a chemistry lab in my house to test everything I put in my body," Romero said in a statement, "because reading the ingredients on a label is no longer good enough. I am all for catching the guys that cheat and punishing them. But I feel like I'm the victim of a system where a player like me is punished because other players before me have blatantly broken the rules." [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]NSF International, a not-for-profit organization based in Ann Arbor, Mich., certifies supplements for Major League Baseball, the NFL and the PGA Tour. EgroPharm, the manufacturer of 6-OXO Extreme, is not one of NSF's approved companies and any product that purported to be a testosterone booster, like 6-OXO Extreme, should be avoided by professional athletes who are tested, according to Ed Wyszumiala, NSF's general manager of dietary supplement programs.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"There is a certain segment of the market where we're not convinced isn't adulterating their products," Wyszumiala said. "Maybe this is a case where a company would spike a product in order to gain market share. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/phillies/2009-01-06-romero-suspension_N.htm%3Fcsp%3D34&cid=1290347663&ei=TuNmSdOHKoHI9AS4noCoDQ&usg=AFQjCNH1GCuSULfCkSF_vY7ZFPL75JiVPg
