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"The Drug That's Harmed More Children Than Thalidomide" [1]

Researchers and campaigners claim that some 40 percent (19,200) of the children born to mothers taking the epilepsy drug Epilim have developed physical or mental problems.



Sue Reid reports for the Daily Mail February 25, 2013. [2]

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Source: Daily Mail [2], 02/26/2013
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/drug-thats-harmed-more-children-thalidomide [2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2284425/Epilepsy-The-drug-thats-harmed-children-Thalidomide.html [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81