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Title:
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, SUBJECT: RADIATION TEST DUPED HUMANS ( REDACTED ) ( CASE NO. 40-003 )
Subject Terms:
HREX; HIGH DOSE IRRADIATION; HUMANS; PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT; PRESS RELEASE; RADIATION
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
NEWS STORY
Publication Date:
1976 Feb 26
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0001
Accession Number:
NV0700567
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 15
Description/Abstract:
NEWSPAPER CLIPPING TITLED: RADIATION TEST DUPED HUMANS. DATED SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1976 FROM STAR LEDGER. DISCUSSES SECRET GOVERNMENT PROJECT WHICH INJECTED 18 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WITH OVERDOSES OF BOMB-GRADE RADIOACTIVE PLUTONIUM THREE DECADES AGO WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE. DR. JAMES LIVERMAN OF THE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION STATES THAT RECORDS ARE SKETCHY BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE ANY OF THE 18 SUFFERED ILLNESS FROM THEIR INJECTIONS. LIVERMAN STATED THAT THREE OF THE 18 SUBJECTS, TWO MEN AND A WOMAN, ARE STILL ALIVE. ONE MALE, BLACK, IS IN GOOD HEALTH FOR A MAN IN HIS LATE 70'S. HE WAS TOLD THE NATURE OF THE INJECTION ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. THE OTHER THREE HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD BECAUSE OF THEIR MENTAL OR MEDICAL CONDITION, THEY ARE IN THEIR 80'S.