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Timeline Assignment : Motherisk

Backround:

From Wikipedia: Motherisk, created in 1985, is a clinical research and teaching program at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that provides information and guidance to pregnant or lactating women and to health care professionals regarding risks to the fetus from exposure to drugs, chemicals, diseases, radiation and environmental agents.

An independent review commissioned by the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General concluded in 2015 that "hair-strand drug and alcohol testing used by the Motherisk Drug Testing Laboratory between 2005 and 2015 was inadequate and unreliable for use in child protection and criminal proceedings and that the Laboratory did not meet internationally recognized forensic standards

Assignment
  1. Read the following articles about Motherisk with a partner or in small groups.
    • ​They are in order oldest to newest
    • You can split the articles up in your group.
  2.  ​​Take notes
    • Who
    • What
    • Where
    • When
    • Why
  3. HOW DID this happen?
  4. What are the implications?
  5. Create a timeline for the MOTHERRISK HAIR TESTING SCANDAL.
    • put the big items on the timeline
    • http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Timeline
 
 


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