- Veteran journalist Andrew Rule broke the news that Australian victims of Thalidomide would be seeking compensation for the drug's devastating effects, led by Lynne Rowe.
100 families to sue for damages | Herald SunWeather: Melbourne 8°C - 16°C . Mainly dry. When the 49-year-old fancies an item at a shop that is a bit pricey, she likes to tell the shopkeeper "that will cost me an arm and leg''.Lynne Rowe's story and her parents' courage sparked a wave of support for their plight online.
@JulianBurnside t.co/hqKBsWP A thalidomide tragedy but love story of parents with a girl without arms and legs
Lynne Rowe, a child of thalidomide, but more than that, a child loved by a devoted family ow.ly/1u460WBut the story took on another dimension with revelations that the drug, which causes severe birth defects even has a Nazi link...
Nazi link to thalidomide disaster | Herald SunWeather: Melbourne 8°C - 16°C . Mainly dry. Research by Dr Martin Johnson, chief executive of Britain's Thalidomide Trust, shows Heinrich Muckter was paid huge bonuses before thalidomide was exposed in 1961 as the cause of thousands of deaths and terrible birth defects.
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The quest for Thalidomide compensation
Andrew Rule's investigation of a new quest for Australian victims of the drug thalidomide.
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