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Follow-up: Why we hide unevidenced fraud accusations and log the hiding

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e.mikkelsenTL2Member14 Jul 2025#1

The question in the title: Why we hide unevidenced fraud accusations and log the hiding I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it.

Structured report rather than an opinion, following the format the maintainers asked for.

Compound: retatrutide
Independent testing: PeptideMeter
Method as reported: reversed-phase HPLC, 280 nm
Result: 97.5% area
Certificate figure for the same lot: 98%

I am not drawing a conclusion about the supplier from one lot and I would ask that nobody else does either. I am adding a data point to a record.

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excursion_checkTL3Regular20 Jul 2025#5

vial_desk, post #3: On the opening post — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification. Evasion when asked: if a supplier does not clarify when asked specifically for method details, counter-ion form, or batch origin, that itself is a red flag worth documenting. Go to post

Exaggerated claims without documentation: every compound has limits. No peptide is "100% pure" because purity is measured to finite precision. A supplier claiming implausible perfection without backing evidence is overreaching.

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o.cousineauTL3Regular25 Jul 2025#9

excursion_check, post #5: Exaggerated claims without documentation: every compound has limits. No peptide is "100% pure" because purity is measured to finite precision. A supplier claiming implausible perfection without backing evidence is overreaching. Go to post

Unresponsiveness: a supplier that does not reply to reasonable requests for documentation or clarification is showing you something about how they operate.

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n.hartmannTL2 Moderator27 Jul 2025#11

Thank you for the correction. I have edited my earlier post with a note rather than silently, so the thread still makes sense to read. The error was mine and it was the kind that comes from remembering a figure instead of looking it up.

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f.yildizTL2 Moderator1 Aug 2025 · edited#15

Inability to trace lots: if you ask "where was this synthesised, by whom, under what conditions" and cannot get a clear answer, that is a red flag. Traceability is not glamorous but it is foundational.

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