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DOCUMENTATION
Human Radiation Experiments
Resources
on Experiments Performed by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department
of Defense: An excellent resource for internet links
to information on all aspects of human radiation experimentation. Overview
site.
DOE "Openess" Site:Gateway
site which includes the following links
RoadMap:Description
of the Site, including a table of contents (Roadmap), list of experiments,
sites, index of some photos, links to various reports
HREX Archives:Search
the government archives, useful for material on other covert projects and
personnel
Multimedia
Archives: Particularly useful are the photographs
taken to document the experiments
Federal Resource
Links: Links to numerous federal agencies
NON THERAPUTIC studies on children:
Non
therapeutic Research On Children: ACHRE document on
experimentation on children
The
Vanderbilt Study: Vanderbilt University in the 1940s, approximately
829 poor, pregnant Caucasian women were administered tracer doses of radioactive
iron. Vanderbilt worked
with the Tennessee State Department of Health, and the research
was partly funded by the Public Health Service. (bottom of page)
Other
site:This research was supported by the Nutrition Foundation,Inc.,
the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Tennessee State Department of Health.
The followup study on the children born to these women found one case
of leukemia and two cases of sarcoma. There were no malignancies in the
control population. The three cases are statistically significant.
Nasopharyngeal
Irradiation: Implantion of radioactive sources
for tonsils or ear infections. Apparently not all sites of experimentation
are listed as anectodal evidence supplies more clinic, hospitals and doctors.
(at bottom of page)
The
Fernald School: Radioactive tracer studies on institutionalized
children
OT-19.
Radioisotope Studies at the Fernald State School, Massachusetts
Other
Experiments
OT-2. The Use of Iodine-131BLabeled Human Serum Albumin
to Evaluate the Peripheral Circulation-1952 at Case Western Reserve University-"young
subjects"
OT-3. Use of Iodine-131BLabeled Protein in the Study
of Protein Digestion and Absorption in Children With and Without Cystic
Fibrosis of the Pancreas -1952 at Case Western Reserve University
OT-7. Uptake of Iodine-131 in Normal Newborn Infants
in Iowa City -1963, the University of Iowa, Iowa City
OT-8. Uptake of Iodine-131 in Normal Newborn Infants
in Nebraska-1960-VA Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, and the Department of Radiology,
University of Nebraska, College of Medicine
OT-9. Uptake of Iodine-131 in Normal Newborn Infants
in Memphis-1952 to 1954-University of Tennessee and John Gaston Hospital
OT-13. Blood Volume Measurements Using Stable Chromium-50
and Radioactive Chromium-51,1969 to1972, newborn infants.
OT-20. Uptake of Iodine-131 by Premature Infants in Detroit,
1954, the Pediatric Division. Radioisotope Laboratory of Harper Hospital,
Detroit, Michigan
OT-23. Thyroid Uptake and Urinary Excretion of Iodine-131
in Assessing Thyroid Function-1950s, Pediatric Department, University of
Arkansas School of Medicine in Little Rock
OT-25. Study of Iodine-131-Thyroxine Metabolism in
Adolescent and Adult Human Subjects 1961 to 1964
University of Arkansas Medical Center in Little Rock
OT-27. Thyroid Hormone Secretion Studies Using Iodine-131
1963 TO 1964, University of Arkansas Medical Center, Little Rock, youngest
10yrs.
OT-28. Brain Scanning Studies Using Potassium-42,1940s,
Neurosurgical and Surgical Services and Laboratories of Harvard Medical
School, Children's Hospital, and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston,
some as young as 3mos.
OT-30. Serum Level of Protein Bound Iodine-131 in the
Diagnosis of Hyperthyroidism 1940s, Medical Research
Laboratories, Beth Israel Hospital, and the Department
of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston
OT-53. Effect of Phytate on the Absorption of Iron-59
and
Iron-55,1946, Departments of Food Technology and Physics
of MIT and Fernald State School in Waverly, Massachusetts.
OT-57. Red Blood-Cell Volumes and Hematocrit in Normal
Pregnancy Using Iron-55, 1948 Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology Harvard Medical School, the Boston Lying-In Hospital,
and the Radioactivity Center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OT-59. Study of Iron Turnover by Red Blood Cells Using
Iron-55 and Iron-59,1948 to 1949, Harvard Medical School
and,Radioactivity Center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
one 6-year-old girl with aplastic anemia, a 4-year-old boy and a 4-year-old
girl with Cooley's anemia
OT-60. Studies of the Metabolism of Maternal Iron in
Newborn Infants Using Iron-55, 1948 to 1950,Department of Pediatrics of
Harvard MedicalSchool, the Boston Lying-In Hospital, Children's Hospital,
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston and the Radioactivity Center of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OT-61. Thyroid Function Studies Using Iodine-13, 1950s,
researchers at the Fernald State School, Waverly, Ma; the Harvard Medical
School; the Tufts Medical School; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OT-78. Studies of the Transmission of Radioiodine to
Infants Through Maternal Breast Milk, 1950s, researchers in the Departments
of Medicine, Medical Laboratories and Radiology, University of Tennessee
College of Medicine, and the John Gaston Hospital, Memphis
OT-84. Study of Copper Metabolism Using Copper-64
1960s, University of Utah College of Medicine in Salt
Lake City, including 72 normal pregnant women (in their third trimester).
OT-89. Cesium-137 and Rubidium-83 Metabolism in Healthy
Subjects and Subjects with Muscular Dystrophy, 1965 AND
1972, Departments ofAnatomy, Medicine, and Radiological Health at the University
of Utah in Salt Lake City,39 healthy individuals: 5 infants, ages 17 to
143 days; 5 children, ages 5 to 10 years; 23 adults, ages 21 to 52 years,
including 6 pregnant females; and 3 children, ages 4 to 11, with Duchenne
muscular dystrophy.
OT-94. Potassium Studies in Diseased Patients Using Potassium-42
1950s, Wake Forest College, North Carolina Baptist Hospital
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
OT-101. Study of Cooley=s Anemia in Children Using Chromium-51
and Iron-59 1955,University of Washington, Seattle and the Department of
Research Children=s Hospital in Los Angeles on four children, with Cooley=s
anemia, a genetic blood disorder. The children, ages 4, 6, 9, and 13
OT-103. Sodium Volume Studies in Children and Adults
Using Sodium-24
1949 AND 1951, Washington University, St. Louis; St.
Louis Children=s Hospital; and St. Louis Maternity Hospital, including
37 male or female infants and children ranging in age from one day to 14
years
OT-104. Estimates of Total-Body Sodium in Infants and
Children Using Sodium-24 1950s, Department of Pediatrics, Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and St. Louis Children=s Hospital,
21 hospitalized patients ranging in age from 2 weeks to 14 years
UC-41. Use of an Experimental Strontium90/Yttrium-90
Needle for Radiation Cordotomy Pain Relief,1960s, Department of Neurological
Surgery and Roentgenology, University of Chicago Hospital and Clinics collaborated
with the Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, ranging in age from 3 to 71
UR-3. Ingestion of Milk Containing Iodine131 1963
by a graduate student at University of Rochester ranged in age from 6 years
to 50 years; seven were less than 21 years old.
Additional Sources,
MINDNET
Vol. 1, No. 10 - 01/23/96 : Human Plutonium Injection
Experiments, Advisory Committee On Human Radiation Experiments,
1994. Testimony presented before the President's Commission on Radiation
Experiments involving unauthorized experimentation on US citizens by the
government. MindNet Journal Archive Filename: [mn110.htm]
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of prisoners had their testicles bombarded with radiation in the name of
science back in the '60s and
'70s.
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