A person is more likely to test positive for Clenbuterol from contaminated meat than from intentional use of performance-enhancing drugs

The cyclist Alberto Contador who won the 2010 Tour de France tested positive for Clenbuterol. Amounts of this substance in his body were extremely small. They were 40 times less than its minimum standard of the detection capacity. But the WADA doesn’t have any tolerance when it comes to this medicine. Any amount of this medicine detected in an athlete’s body results in ban.
The cyclist Alberto Contador claims that the positive for Clenbuterol is caused by meat contaminated with this substance. A lot of experts believe himbecause the amount uncovered in his urine are extremely small.   Nonetheless, this Spanish cyclistreceived a ban.
The anti-doping expert of Contador’s defense team Douwe de Boer points out that he becomes disappointed in the WADA’s decision day by day. He notes that he seems as if the WADA were happy to ban innocent sportspersons but not to detect cheaters.
The expert Zhao Jian of China’s Anti-Doping Agency notes that an individual can test positive from contaminated meat. It is not just anyone’s point of view. This statement is scientifically proven. The expert Detlef Thieme from Germany supports this affirmation as well.  He claims that nobody can doubt about it.
Wilhelm Schaenzer of the Laboratoty for Doping Analysis at the German Sports University in Cologne assures that it is an evident problem that they are not able to investigate and identify doping clearly.
According to anti-doping studies conducted in Cologne, it is more likely to detect Clenbuterol from contaminated meat than from intentional intake of this medicine for performance-enhancing effects.
National Anti-Doping Laboratory from China states that experiments conducted by them have shown that consumption of pork meat that contains Clenbuterol may cause positives for this substance.
Nevertheless, there are skeptic people that suggest that Alberto Contador has used prohibited medications.
Skeptic attitude to Contador can be explained by the factor that usage of EPO, anabolic steroids, HGH and other medications which have performance-enhancing effects is widespread in cycling. The former cyclists Floyd Landis and Bernhard Kohl that have been caught by the WADA confirm that all cyclists take performance-enhancing product. Patrick Arnold, a chemist has the same point of view.