Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 44527
Diethylstilbestrol
Tabled: 7 April 2025
Answered: 19 May 2025
Named DayQuestion
Layla Moran
Liberal Democrat — Oxford West and Abingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to identify people exposed to Diethylstilbestrol.
Answer
Karin Smyth In 1971, it was identified in a US study that DES could cause a distinct type of cancer in the daughters of women who took DES in early pregnancy. It was subsequently contraindicated in pregnancy, pre-menopausal women, children and young adults. The issu...
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