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Title:
PLUTONIUM EXPERIMENT ( SCIENCE TRENDS, VOL. XXXV, NO. 22 )
Subject Terms:
HREX; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM INJECTION EXPERIMENT
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:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1976 Feb 23
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0003
Accession Number:
NV0703027
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2017 Dec 15
Description/Abstract:
A BIZARRE MEDICAL EXPERIMENT SECRETLY BEGUN BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE CLOSING MONTHS OF WORLD WAR II IS NOW BEING DISCLOSED BY RESEARCHERS WHO FIND IT "REPREHENSIBLE" FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ETHICS, BUT VALUABLE FROM THE LESSONS LEARNED. THE EXPERIMENT INVOLVED THE INJECTION OF RELATIVELY MASSIVE QUANTITIES OF PLUTONIUM INTO THE VEINS OF 18 MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN WHO WERE THOUGHT, AT THAT TIME, TO HAVE SHORT LIFE EXPECTANCY. ALTHOUGH ALL WERE CONSIDERED TERMINALLY ILL AT THE TIME, THREE WERE STILL ALIVE SOME THIRTY YEARS LATER.