1995: Findings of the Advisory Commission on Human Radiation Experiments
1995: The Advisory Commission on Human Radiation Experiments cataloged 81 pediatric radiation exposure projects — 27 of these experiments were judged to be non-therapeutic.
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1953–1957: Uranium, boron neutron experimental injections at MGH
1953–1957: Oak Ridge-sponsored experiment injected uranium into eleven patients at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. (ACHRE staff report) Dr. William Sweet, chief of Neurosurgery at Harvard’s MGH conducted numerous unethical experiments on terminally ill patients. Some of the experiments were conducted under a government shield of secrecy: for example,…
1947: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission begins radioactive experiments on human subjects
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1953: Dr. Lester Middlesworth injected 7 newborn babies with radioactive iodine
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1944–1961: Nuclear Field Tests, “Radiation bombs,” Meltdowns Endangered Americans
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2000: Participants in the Walla Walla experiments settled
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