15th December 2021

“Safe & Effective” – now where have we heard that before?
Let’s dive into another pharmaceutical experiment and see how it affected future generations.

References:

1. Institutional Corruption of Pharmaceuticals and the Myth of Safe and Effective Drugs, 2013

2. Leon Goldberg: Creator of DES (Diethylstilbestrol)

3. Diethylstilbestrol (DES) in the US

4. Gynaecomastia in Stilboestrol workers, 1944

5. Robert Meyers – D.E.S., the bitter pill, 1983

6. Diana Dutton – Worse than the disease : pitfalls of medical progress, 1988 (Excellent overview of the DES story in the US)

7. Wikipedia – Diethylstilbestrol (DES)

8. Elmer Louis Severinghaus Papers

9. Journal of a DES Daughter

10. Adenocarcinoma of the Vagina — Association of Maternal Stilbestrol Therapy with Tumor Appearance in Young Women, 1971

11. Maternal Diethylstilbestrol a Time Bomb for Child?, 1971

12. Adverse Health Outcomes in Women Exposed In Utero to Diethylstilbestrol, 2011

13. Websites that sell DES in China

14. Viral social media post claims Chinese wives are secretly feeding their husbands impotency drugs to stop cheating, 2021

CORRUPTION & MEDICINE
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