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Timothy Piatkowski, Lecturer in Psychology, Griffith University

Pumped up with poison: new research shows many anabolic steroids contain toxic metals

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Eighteen-year-old Mark scrolls Instagram late at night, watching videos of fitness influencers showing off muscle gains and lifting the equivalent of a baby elephant off the gym floor.

Spurred on by hashtags and usernames indicating these feats involve steroids, soon Mark is online, ordering his first “steroid cycle”. No script, no warnings, just vials in the mail and the promise of “gains”.

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