Fentanyl kills tens of thousands of people in the U.S. each year and puts the police, first responders and forensic chemists who encounter it in their work at risk. To save lives and protect workers, NIST scientists are developing new tools that can detect and identify this deadly substance safely, efficiently and reliably. Find out what we’re doing here: https://www.nist.gov/feature-stories/safe-efficient-reliable-new-science-fight-against-killer-drugs | National Institute of Standards and Tech

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