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2024-03-09 09:46:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6A2470AE3D498CF4144CB591977AAF4227DEAAABE755E2731C96667886E41DBE
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The FDA did NOT approve thalidomide. In fact, it was an American scientist who insisted that further testing be done. Her demonstration of the birth defect (phocomelia) in another animal model saved the United States from the worst of the tragedy. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/woman-who-stood-between-america-and-epidemic-birth-defects-180963165/
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