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Ouestions and Answers Human Radiation Experiments Review 1. Did this study determine the number of experiments that DOD conducted without the individual's knowledge or consent? If yes, how many were there? If no, when will you know? 2. How many experiments did DOD conduct where people were harmed or wronged? What, when, and where did they occur? Can we conclude that the HREs shortened the lifespan of any of the Biomedical research of any kind carries an inherent risk. For example, an experimental treatment could save a patient's life but contribute to a radiogenic illness thirty years later; however, it still lengthened the lifespan of the subject. 3. Are any of the individuals who participated in the HREs going to be compensated for damages that occurred? How do they go about filing a claim? Who is going to pay for it? 4. What is DoD going to do differently in the future as a result of this study to insure this doesn't happen again? What kind of safeguards still need to be implemented? 5. With the amount of money and staff hours that was expended and documents examined-what does DoD feel it gained or achieved from this effort? 6. What is going to happen to the RECC now that the study is complete?- 7. Who within DoD is going to make sure the recommendations in the report are followed up on? 8. In your release, you state "most" of the DoD-sponsored experiments were related to medical treatment ....what kind of tests and how many did not fit this category? 9. Why did DoD participate in these experiments-what was the impetus and reasons for being involved The reason for DoD's involvement in a particular experiment depends upon the context. Some research was for the purpose of gaining information on conditions which affected military personnel -- conditions which were of particular concern because they involved deployed troops or because they were a common problem which led to a loss of manpower (such as ankle fractures). In other situations, the DoD involvement was limited to access to data rather than selection of subjects or treatment. 10. If most of these experiments were harmless medical tests--why were documents relating to HREs classified in the first place? What kinds of things made them secret information? Not all of the experiments reported were classified. Furthermore, other experiments were classified because related information involved national security concerns. - 11. What ethics laws, regulations or procedures will change as a result of this study? 12. How many surviving subjects are there?
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13. Were the experiments dealing with medical treatments designed to prevent the disease, find a cure-- or tract the effect on a body already riddled with disease? The purpose for experiments dealing with medical treatments varies. Some research was for the purpose of comparing two therapeutic or diagnostic techniques to see which was the more effective. Others involved the use of a tracer to test the effectiveness of a new or current technique or treatment or to learn more about the body's response to a particular treatment. Not all experiments involved exposure to radiation that the patient would not have otherwise received.** 14. How many experiments were conducted before 1974 and how many after? 15. How are these experiments different From the atrocities performed by the Nazis or Japanese on 16. Is DOD or any other agency conducting radiation experiments now? 17. What are current policies regarding the HREs and human subject research? Can we get copies? 18. Are there any individuals going to be punished for carrying out the tests or for any wrong doing