Radiation Testing on Humans

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This paper describes some of the horrific radiation experiments the U.S. government performed on members of its Armed Forces, private civilians, and animals in the name of research and science. The paper asserts that the government was not ignorant as to the effects of these experiments and that it continues to perform different, but equally hazardous, experiments on military personnel, as evidenced by the high rate of unexplained illnesses and diseases in soldiers returning from their tours of duty overseas.

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"Today it seems almost inconceivable --if not patently paranoid-- to think that less than fifty years ago Americans would have sat passively by while the government tested high levels of radiation on the captive population. Would we have really bought a line saying that it was safe to be downwind of nuclear explosions? Would we really have put up with government sponsored radiation tests run on the most vulnerable members of society? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Despite the fact that even back then any cautious look at the evidence would have demonstrated the risks of radiation, the very people with whom we entrust our daily survival -- doctors, scientists, and the elected government itself -- intentionally deceived the American public about the risks of radioactivity and the exposure rates which they would be experiencing."

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