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Chemist says majors still have steroids issues

Former BALCO employee doesn't limit steroid comments to Bonds

Seattle Times news services

Patrick Arnold, the chemist who worked with BALCO to invent a previously undetectable steroid, said Wednesday that not only did San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds use illegal performance-enhancing drugs, but also that Major League Baseball still has a steroid problem.

"I have to believe these athletes are always going to find performance-enhancing drugs that don't show up in testing," Arnold told USA Today. "What they're doing is taking steroids in the offseason, and then using HGH and EPO during the season. There's testing now, but I'm sure somebody has already designed an undetectable steroid."

Arnold, who told Bob Costas he never met Bonds but that the slugger and Detroit Tigers DH Gary Sheffield used steroids provided by BALCO, reiterated Bonds was aware he was taking the steroid "The Clear." Yet, Arnold backtracked on the Sheffield allegations.

"I find it very hard to believe that Barry was not aware what he was taking," said Arnold, who pleaded guilty to distributing steroids in 2006 and spent three months in prison. "He knew what he was taking was 'The Clear.'

"But I don't remember Sheffield at all. I thought that Sheffield had already admitted it. So when I answered a question [to Costas] and said he took steroids, I was going off that a previous admission had been made."