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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On 2017-07-27 7:12 AM, wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 02:30:50 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > > wrote:
> >
>
> >> How many babies either died or were born with horrible deformities as
> >> a result their mothers using thalidomide.
> >
> > True enough but those children received, still do receive,
> > compensation. The babies in the Caribbean and Africa just starved or
> > died of malnutrition or infections created because the mother had no
> > idea about how to sterilize bottles, nor the wherewithal to do it. It
> > was a particularly heinous example of big corps at work, anything for
> > a bigger bottom line.
>
> Perhaps we over estimated their ability to think. People in those places
> drink water. They have fire.

Boiling won't remove the toxic mineral and chemical contaminants in
water supplies in many poor countries, which are a particular risk to
babies.

Janet UK