Wash Post reporter, Morton Mintz. CANADA Connection

[danny burstein]

[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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rest:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/07/28/morton-mintz-dead-investigative-reporter/

Ms. Kelsey was, of course, from CANADA!
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