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diethylstilbestrol
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diethylstilbestrol: see DES DES or diethylstilbestrol , synthetic nonsteroid female sex hormone having the same physiological effects as estrogen. In the 1940s and 50s DES was mistakenly believed to reduce the risk of miscarriage and was routinely prescribed for pregnant
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In addition, the laboratories have the ability to conduct tests for a wide range of anti-microbial substances including Sulphadazine, Tetracycline/Oxy-tetracycline, and bacterial inhibitors and hormones including Progesterone, Estrogen and Diethyl stilbestrol.
The Congress noticed, in fact their attention was called to it by the meat industry in America, that for some time cattle had been raised on the feedlots of America with gross promotants, often slow-release ear tags that release estrogenic compounds, explicitly diethyl stilbestrol.
 
 
 
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