Thalidomide 'caused up to 10,000 miscarriages and infant deaths in UK'

Former head of the Thalidomide Trust says many mothers would not have known drug was the cause of miscarriage or stillbirth

The thalidomide scandal may have led to 10,000 miscarriages, stillbirths and infant deaths in Britain, according to the former director of the trust that oversees payments to hundreds of people disabled by the drug taken by their pregnant mothers.

Martin Johnson said many families would not have known their babies had been affected by the drug.

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