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Eli Lilly was also the maker of the infamous Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen.
Jeffrey Smith: Is Eli Lilly Milking Cancer by Promoting and Treating It? 2010
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Newbold, “Prenatal Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol (DES),” Fertility and Sterility (2008), vol. 89, no.
Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic hormone also known as Stilboestrol, was given to pregnant women to lower the risk of miscarriage beginning in the 1940s and into the mid-1970s.
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Diethylstilbestrol or DES was approved by the FDA in 1947 to prevent miscarriages, notwithstanding that there was evidence that synthetic estrogens given to animals caused cancer and malformed reproductive organs in the young.
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Bromer compared the effects of BPA with those of Diethylstilbestrol (DES), another chemical that mothers can pass on to their children.
Yale Daily News - Latest Issue Christian Eubank 2010
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'Diethylstilbestrol: [sic] third - Harris Interactive Inc.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows martins0105 2009
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Hatch E. E.: Diethylstilbestrol revisited: a review of the long-term with ealth effects.
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It was investigated for use in hormone therapy, but dropped in favour of a chemical candidate with more powerful estrogenic properties, Diethylstilbestrol (DES).
The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public 2008
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Fish C. R.: Diethylstilbestrol usage: its interesting past, importal present, _and questionableq future.
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) – Prenatal Exposure Study Results
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