Bruce Dan Explained

Bruce Bespalow Dan, M.D. (December 20, 1946 – September 6, 2011)^[1] was one of the American researchers with the Toxic Shock Syndrome Task Force who established the link between toxic shock syndrome and the use of tampons.^[2]

Dan died September 6, 2011, in Baltimore, Maryland, from complications stemming from a bone marrow transplant received to cure leukemia. He is buried in Garden of Remembrance Cemetery, Clarksburg, Maryland.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2011.
2. News: Dennis Hevesi. Bruce Dan, Who Helped Link Toxic Shock and Tampons, Is Dead at 64. Dr. Bruce Dan, who as a leading federal researcher helped establish a link between the life-threatening disease toxic shock syndrome and the use of tampons, prompting a major shift in the way tampons are produced, died Tuesday in Baltimore.. The New York Times. September 10, 2011. 2011-09-12.
3. See, Obituary, The Washington Post, September 8, 2011.