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Temporary Tattoo Could Prevent ‘Spiking’ by Detecting Roofie Drugs in Drinks Within Seconds
SOUTH KOREA, JUL 25 – The skin-worn tattoo changes color within one second to detect trace GHB levels as low as 0.01 micrograms per milliliter, aiding prevention of drug-facilitated sexual assaults.
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Temporary Tattoo Could Prevent ‘Spiking’ by Detecting Roofie Drugs in Drinks Within Seconds
A temporary tattoo that detects drugs in drinks could prevent spiking with roofies. The new sticker responds within one second to even low concentrations of the drug γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), according to scientists. When drinking in a social setting, downing a drink spiked with drugs including GHB or Rohypnol (known as “roofies’) is an ever-present danger. […] The post Temporary Tattoo Could Prevent ‘Spiking’ by Detecting Roofie Drugs in Drinks …
Easy to manufacture and sell at a cheap price: a team of researchers has developed a temporary tattoo that changes color after the intake of a drink containing the drug, colourless and inolent, which are used to facilitate sexual assaults or thefts. The adhesive responds in a second to low concentrations of gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a drug known as ‘liquid ecstasy’, which is usually used in bars to get a person raped or economically exploited…
Temporary tattoo could prevent sexual assaults – by changing color
While it's very important to know if a "date rape" drug has been sneaked into your drink, whipping out a full test kit in a bar may be awkward and time-consuming. That's why scientists have developed a temporary tattoo that can detect such drugs in just one second.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Tattoo, Crime, American Chemical Society, Detection, Drugs
Photo by depositphotos.com Seoul, South Korea.- Faced with the increase in chemical submission crimes, a team of South Korean researchers developed a temporary tattoo that changes color when coming into contact with adulterated beverages with this substance. The device acts in just a second and can be key to preventing sexual assaults and other crimes. The development, presented in the scientific journal ACS Sensors, consists of a sticker that s…
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bionity.comTemporary tattoos are no longer just something for children - semi-permanent versions are also popular with adults who do not want to tie themselves to a real tattoo. Researchers who report in the magazine ACS Sensors have now developed their own temporary tattoo sticker, which...
Subscribe to our WhatsApp channel and bring the information in the palm of your hand. Inventing tattoo that detects drugs in drinks in seconds Scientists in South Korea developed a temporary tattoo in the form of a sticker capable of detecting “liquid ecstasy” (GHB) in drinks. This drug, used in cases of assault and theft, can be identified with just one drop placed on the tattoo, which changes color in a second if present. In addition to its ef…
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