| Previously, if a parent was accused of being an | | | | that the mother or father undergo Alcohol |
| alcoholic or an abuser of alcohol, a urine alcohol | | | | detection drug service testing, then a certified |
| testingwas given but the alcohol concentration | | | | nurse will come to the parent’s home or |
| was not always accurate. The urinalysis test only | | | | office and collect a small sample of scalp hair and |
| showed up to a weeks worth of abuse- not | | | | either physically take it to a lab or have it sent to |
| providing the courts the evidence they needed | | | | a lab where the hair alcohol testing is done. The |
| say of six months minimum or a years worth of | | | | hair alcohol testing lab takes the hair sample |
| evidence being ideal. Until now, there was not a | | | | through a series of tests that reveal when a |
| way for people to be tested for alcohol for | | | | person has consumed alcohol and approximately |
| months of abuse or prove months of sobriety. | | | | how much they consumed. A special EtG alcohol |
| An exciting new test was only recently developed | | | | test can show alcohol use in segments of time |
| by a team of British and German scientists and | | | | which is unlike any other test in the world. EtG, |
| has changed the way alcohol screening for child | | | | ethyl glucuronide is a metabolite only produced |
| custody cases are performed today. hair alcohol | | | | when alcohol is in the bloodstream. |
| testing is accepted as certified evidence for court | | | | How Hair Reveals All |
| cases in America and the United Kingdom. | | | | As hair grows it absorbs everything we ingest |
| With this new hair alcohol testing technique, courts | | | | from chemicals to food and drugs and alcohol. |
| can now see a person’s range of alcohol use | | | | Fatty Ethel Esters, FAEE are formed as part of |
| up to 12 months! | | | | the hair’s structure as a result of drug and |
| Hair alcohol testing disproves just as much as it | | | | alcohol consumption, which remain indefinitely. And |
| proves whether someone is an abuser of alcohol. | | | | the more alcohol that is consumed creates more |
| A child custody case worker could have an | | | | EtG markers present in the hair shaft. |
| innocent parent take the hair alcohol test and | | | | With new alcohol and drug follicle hair testing |
| prove that they haven’t been drinking for | | | | technology, parents can prove against faulty |
| months and that they are a fit parent. | | | | accusations of alcohol abuse with new alcohol |
| How It Works | | | | testing devices, or be rightfully accused of their |
| If the lawyer or case worker or courts request | | | | dangerous habit. |