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I feel my response to what I have learned about DES in these past few days is that of a typical consumer, and my lack of prior knowledge reflects the ignorance of the general public about the issue of DES. I believed that DES was a past issue. I thought that the risks had been recognized; that DES was no longer in use; that a very few, select women were treated with DES a long time ago to prevent threatened miscarriage; and that these few women and their daughters must surely by now be aware of the situation and be receiving proper care. The truth is obviously far more serious.
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Erhart, R. (1981). DES and Drugs in Pregnancy. In: Holmes, H.B., Hoskins, B.B., Gross, M. (eds) The Custom-Made Child?. Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6007-3_6
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