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Who Are The DES Daughters? Big Pharma's Cancer-Causing Drug That Harmed Millions Of Pregnant Women And Their Babies
The women who were exposed to a prescribed synthetic hormone in the womb are living examples of medical malpractice.
By Nicole Dominique2 min read

From 1938 until 1971, Diethylstilboestrol (DES) was prescribed to pregnant women to prevent miscarriages, premature labor, and other pregnancy-related complications. After 33 years of doctors prescribing DES, the FDA called for its discontinuation due to it causing a rare cancer called clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA). Today, the women who were exposed to this medication in the womb have a 40-fold increase of developing CCA, and are two and a half times more likely to get breast cancer. They're now known as the DES Daughters.