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Thalidomide scandal- the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever" (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Frances Oldham Kelsey at the FDA in the United States almost single-handedly, and while under enormous pressure, kept Thalidomide out if the USA for insufficient safety testing.

One reason that Americans are a bit less familiar with this horrific story.