by Sandra Brennan
synopsis
After submitting to a radical hysterectomy following a diagnosis of cervical cancer in 1990, filmmaker Judith Helfand began making this provocative documentary about the possible cover-up surrounding the controversial anti-miscarriage drug DES, the substance that may have caused her illness.
characteristics
- Pregnancy
- Knocked-up
- Pregnant
- DES (diethylstilbestrol)
- Ethics
- Mothers And Daughters
- Toxic-chemicals
- Narcotics
- Pharmacology
- Technology
- Side-effects
- Miscarriage
- Infertility
- Cover-up
- Carcinogen
