Word: stolberg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nightmare started in the West German town of Stolberg, near Aachen, in 1954, when laboratory chemists synthesized the drug for the firm of Chemie Gruenenthal GmbH. After three years of testing with animals, thalidomide was judged so safe that it was approved for over-the-counter sale, with no prescription needed, throughout West Germany...