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A raspberry-flavored medicine killed more than 100 people. πŸ§ͺ
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A raspberry-flavored medicine killed more than 100 people. πŸ§ͺ

A raspberry-flavored medicine killed more than 100 people. πŸ§ͺ . . . In 1937, S. E. Massengill dissolved sulfanilamide in diethylene glycol, a toxic solvent, and shipped 633 batches without testing them on humans or animals. Many victims were children. The product was technically legal because US law did not yet require proof that medicine was safe.

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