Question: Why So Much Time, Disease, and Death to Recognize a Toxic Substance? Answer: Addiction and Profit.

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John C. Hagan, III, MD, FACS, FAAO, MSMA member since 1975, is a Kansas City, Missouri, ophthalmologist and Missouri Medicine Editor since 2000. He is a multi-year Diamond Contributor to MMPAC.

Published: November 2020

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