In 2008, 19 Americans died as a result of taking counterfeit heparin that had been imported from: Answer a. North Korea b. Iran

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In 2008, 19 Americans died as a result of taking counterfeit heparin that had been imported from: Answer a. North Korea b. Iran

c. China d. Canada e. Thailand

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LiRa [457] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-16T04:34:17+03:00

This counterfeit heparin came from China - the correct answer is c.

Some reports mention even bigger numbers of deaths - almost a 100 in the US and many more in Africa. For context- heparin is a blood thinning drug which is given to HIV pacients to limit the effects of the virus.