Girl's drink-drive study helps breathe new life into science
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A YOUNG scientist from Co Kerry believes she has discovered a flaw in drink-driving breathalyser results.Her research suggests that both diabetics and those on very low-calorie diets are more likely to show false positive results because of chemical changes in their blood.
Ciara Stein (13), who is a student at Presentation Secondary School in Tralee, explained how these devices could misread results and indicate a person was drink-driving.
“Diabetics and people on very, very low calorie diets can trigger false positives on breathalyser tests,” she said yesterday.
Ciara’s study is one of 500 currently on display at the RDS in the 2009 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. The overall young scientist of the year will be announced later this evening.
“This project has lots of importance to lawyers,” Ciara suggested.
The chemical changes in the blood are caused when levels of sugar drop too low, she explained.
“If you are diabetic or you are on a very low calorie diet, you can become hypoglycaemic – your blood sugar is too low. When this happens, you get ketones on your breath,” she said.
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onechance
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DAMN! If I got a DUI with a low amount of alcohol in my system I'd sure as hell be getting a lawyer and presenting this (once results are finalized and fully proven) to fight that shit and get my record cleaned up!!!
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onechance:
Yep...I don't drink much, but did wonder how many people have been affected by this flaw????
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Today's youth blowing me away!
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