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Blood-Thinner Contaminant Traced to Chinese Plant

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By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- The contaminant found in the blood-thinner heparin, which has been linked to hundreds of allergic reactions and possibly 19 deaths in the United States, has been traced to a Chinese plant that processed raw ingredients for the drug, U.S. health officials said Friday.