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[Wash Post]

Morton Mintz, Post reporter with a muckraker spirit, dies at 103

A pioneer in consumer affairs journalism, he helped expose the deformity-causing hazards posed by thalidomide, a once-popular drug for morning
sickness.
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Most famously, Mr. Mintz turned Frances Oldham Kelsey, a pharmacologist hired by the Food and Drug Administration in 1960, into a national hero.

His front-page profile of Kelsey in The Post on July 15, 1962, was the first story to document the scientist's year-long battle to prevent thalidomide from reaching the U.S. market. Kelsey faced intense pressure by the drugmaker William S. Merrell Co. to approve the sedative and tranquilizer, despite warnings of thalidomide's dangers by doctors and researchers.
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Ms. Kelsey was, of course, from CANADA! _____________________________________________________
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