December 29, 2014 “Radium Women” Dial Painters: Unwitting Experimental Subjects, 1920 – 1990Background: In the early part of the twentieth century, radium was a symbol of science, medicine, and Read More “Radium Women” Dial Painters: Unwitting Experimental Subjects, 1920 – 1990
December 29, 2014 1942: Manhattan Project Nuclear Scientists Conduct Total Body Irradiation ExperimentsThe government began sponsoring total body irradiation (TBI) research in 1942 in connection with the Top Secret Read More 1942: Manhattan Project Nuclear Scientists Conduct Total Body Irradiation Experiments
December 29, 2014 1945–1947: Eighteen patients were injected with plutonium in AEC experimentsDuring WWII, hundreds of scientists and technicians working to develop the atomic bomb at Los Alamos were Read More 1945–1947: Eighteen patients were injected with plutonium in AEC experiments
December 29, 2014 1945–1947: Vanderbilt “Nutrition Study” Exposed 820 pregnant women to radioactive ironAn exceptionally large-scale radiation exposure experiment at Vanderbilt University was funded by the U.S. Public Health Service Read More 1945–1947: Vanderbilt “Nutrition Study” Exposed 820 pregnant women to radioactive iron
December 29, 2014 1944–1956: Radioactive nutrition experiments on retarded children by Harvard and MITIn December of 1993, Scott Allen, a journalist at the Boston Globe, uncovered documents showing years of Read More 1944–1956: Radioactive nutrition experiments on retarded children by Harvard and MIT
December 29, 2014 1944–1961: Nuclear Field Tests, “Radiation bombs,” Meltdowns Endangered AmericansU.S. Air Force threw “Radiation bombs” expelled from USAF planes intentionally spread radiation to “unknown distances” endangering Read More 1944–1961: Nuclear Field Tests, “Radiation bombs,” Meltdowns Endangered Americans
December 29, 2014 1947: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission begins radioactive experiments on human subjectsColonel E.E. Kirkpatrick of the U.S. AEC issues a secret document (07075001, January 8, 1947) stating that Read More 1947: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission begins radioactive experiments on human subjects
December 29, 2014 1948–1970s: Nasal Radium Irradiation (NRI) of Children at Johns HopkinsBetween1948–1954, 582 Baltimore school children were subjected to radiation in a federally-funded experiment whose stated intent was Read More 1948–1970s: Nasal Radium Irradiation (NRI) of Children at Johns Hopkins
December 29, 2014 1950: Biologist Warns AEC Official, Radiation Experiments Comparable to Nazi ExperimentsIn 1950, Dr. Joseph G. Hamilton, a top radiation biologist at the AEC, sent a memo to Read More 1950: Biologist Warns AEC Official, Radiation Experiments Comparable to Nazi Experiments
December 29, 2014 1953: Dr. Lester Middlesworth injected 7 newborn babies with radioactive iodineDr. Lester Middlesworth of the University of Tennessee injected 7 newborn babies with radioactive iodine in an Read More 1953: Dr. Lester Middlesworth injected 7 newborn babies with radioactive iodine
December 29, 2014 1953: CIA Project MK-ULTRA1953: CIA’s Project MK-ULTRA included at least four sub-projects specifically using children; 102, 103, 112, and 117 Read More 1953: CIA Project MK-ULTRA
December 29, 2014 1953–1957: Uranium, boron neutron experimental injections at MGH1953–1957: Oak Ridge-sponsored experiment injected uranium into eleven patients at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. (ACHRE Read More 1953–1957: Uranium, boron neutron experimental injections at MGH
December 29, 2014 1960–1972: Whole-body radiation experiments1960–1972: University of Cincinnati Medical School researchers led by Dr. Eugene Saenger conducted whole-body radiation experiments on Read More 1960–1972: Whole-body radiation experiments
December 29, 2014 1963–1973: High-Dose Radiation Tests on Prisoners’ Testicles to Find Sterility DoseIn 1963, prior to flights into space, scientists were concerned about the effect of space radiation on Read More 1963–1973: High-Dose Radiation Tests on Prisoners’ Testicles to Find Sterility Dose