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U.S. health officials have identified a contaminant in batches of the blood thinner heparin associated with 19 deaths and are trying to determine how the chemical got into the drug.

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STONERS
March 19, 2008, 12:47 p.m.
"We cannot rule in or out whether this was accidentally or deliberately introduced into the product," Woodcock said, "We are investigating how it got in."
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texangelwings
March 19, 2008, 8:23 p.m.
My friend that I take to dialysis when she needs a ride, is in the hospital. She had to be resuscitated this morning. I don't know if this is the same heparin that is used at her clinic.
I will have to talk to her daughter.
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