Experiments on Children
2003: University of Iowa seeks dismissal of “Monster Experiment” lawsuit The lawsuit was brought by surviving victims of the University of Iowa’s induced-stuttering experiment conducted in 1939. Iowa students had dubbed it, the “Monster Experiment.” Read more here 2003: Five patient deaths prompt criminal investigation of Veterans at VA Medical…
New Jersey Foster Children Lingering in Mental Wards Mon, 30 Jun 2003 The New York Times reports that foster children in New Jersey are being dumped in locked psychiatric hospital wards for lack of facilities to which to send them. More than 300 children, ages 6 to 17, many in…
Ripping Off the Rights of Children Thu, 17 Apr 2003 “Parents are frustrated that corrupt politics are playing such a large role in their children’s fate. Many believe Sen. Frist has large financial ties to pharmaceutical companies and doesn’t care at all about the future of thousands of sick children.”…
References for THE IMPACT OF THE FDA MODERNIZATION ACT ON THE RECRUITMENT OF CHILDREN FOR RESEARCH Vera Hassner Sharav Published in ETHICAL HUMAN SCIENCES & SERVICES Summer 2003, vol. 5 pp. 83-108 Agency for Health Care Research & Quality. (1999). Treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Summary, evidence Report / Technology assessment…
June 11, 2001 “Monster Experiment” taught orphans to stutter The results of a covered up, 1939 children’s experiment demonstrates why AHRP calls for greater caution and mandatory safeguards in research involving children–even non-invasive research studies may cause children harm for life. The San Jose Mercury News (below) found evidence and…
