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Placebo Batch: The Scandal That Generated Lives
13+
2025
1 Seasons
Documentaries

Placebo Batch: The Scandal That Generated Lives

: 1998. An error in a contraceptive changed the lives of hundreds of Brazilian women. This docuseries revisits their pain, courage, and resilience.

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Placebo Batch: The Scandal That Generated Lives
13+
2025
1 Seasons
Documentaries

Placebo Batch: The Scandal That Generated Lives

: 1998. An error in a contraceptive changed the lives of hundreds of Brazilian women. This docuseries revisits their pain, courage, and resilience.

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Placebo Batch: The Scandal That Generated Lives
13+
2025
1 Seasons
Documentaries

Placebo Batch: The Scandal That Generated Lives

: 1998. An error in a contraceptive changed the lives of hundreds of Brazilian women. This docuseries revisits their pain, courage, and resilience.

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Season 1

    Suffering in Paradise
    1. Suffering in Paradise

    1998. An error in Brazil's most widely used contraceptive led to hundreds of unp...

    Crime and Punishment
    2. Crime and Punishment

    Paloma receives a surprising diagnosis. As the investigation progresses, the sca...

    Demons Feed on Sorrows
    3. Demons Feed on Sorrows

    Adverse births, revelations, and a trial that reaches its climax mark an episode...

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    In 1998, a defect in Brazil's best-selling contraceptive left hundreds of women pregnant. Featuring testimonies from the victims, this docuseries revisits the courage of those who faced prejudice, health problems, and an indifferent system.

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