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Qld forensics lab was 'toxic' workplace

Qld's key forensics lab has been described as an unhappy and dysfunctional workplace at an inquiry. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

The Queensland scientists charged with analysing DNA from major crimes worked in a toxic environment where issues between employees were allowed to fester, an inquiry has been told.

The probe, led by former judge Walter Sofronoff, is examining the state-run lab's 2018 decision not to test samples with tiny amounts of DNA as thoroughly as possible.

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