DES: Why was this harmful drug prescribed to millions?

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Prof Heather Patisaul of NC State University describes the devastating impacts of DES (diethylstilbestrol) – the ‘wonder drug’ given to pregnant women between 1938 and 1971. Generations later, the pharmaceutical is still affecting those women’s offspring. (Photo: Stock photo of pregnant woman holding pills. Credit: Getty Images)