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The number is fifteen. Human stakes: households discarding meds; foreign hospitals denied donations
The number is fifteen. Human stakes: households discarding meds; foreign hospitals denied donations
Imagine learning a federal study found roughly nine out of ten drugs remain safe and effective up to fifteen years past their printed date - yet that finding has been hidden from the public for four decades. How did a program that could change what we throw away become locked behind a government nondisclosure?
In this episode, we walk through the origin, findings, and secrecy of the Shelf Life Extension Program and why its results about expired medications were never released, leaving…
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