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Frorr,: NEWS Fasted: S a t 25-Dct-Bb 2 : 2 6 EDT by6 9 7 (471 mu b committee 1~ chl ling on the com pens ote people who were used a i guinea pigs in government r. : peri ment s to deter mane the effect of radiation on mu bJ ec tr with radioactive wu b stances, hr ving the mdr anl mill from COWL which had gra : ed on contaminated land, Wan hat ten fro j ect,the Atomic Energy - feeding them contaminated fia hand Hundreds of people were contaminated. the report rs rued by the Housr Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on energy tons cr vet ion and power. bl bc k mark on the history of nuclear medical re re er ch " and1il.ened then, t o Subcommittee chair msn Edwaid t lar key, " the kind of demented humcln While current off sci elm are not res pons rb lr for the p & st, he said in a letter t o Energy Secret h ry John Herring ton,the experiments represent an institutional failure that should be " I 1001, 4or wat d to receiving by Nov. 15, 1986, a desc rr ptr on of the depart mr nt ' s plans for long term follow no ede d +or com pens @ ti on, '' mar I ey 9 ~ ol lowe du p,but s ard she did not know the.x peri ment m with dozen. Of workers who were dealing with nuclear bradshaw saidf edtr.1 energy
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th mc n in dtl reactions i n order t o set 8tmd.rds bnd u or Ling conditions to don't think you'd see the same mtu dies The 8ubcommi tte e report, " A mera can Nuclear Guinea Pigs': Three Decades of tatiren%,* i m based on documents obtained4rom the Energy Department .kn form ~ tio nh as been available to the public.Eu t subcommittee aides said they requested and received add it ron al documents and have do - e the first ry stems tr c, comprehensi ve revre @ of the exp trim ents. Their report * Aid the r : peri ment s attempted to measure the bie logical effects of radioactive mote rial ; the doses from an j ec ted,rn ~ este dor inhaled radioactive substances : and the time it tool radioactive%ub s trnc es to pars through the humsi body. report.aid. Some w e - e willing, but there is no record of informed con rent 4Or others. Some farr i lies were not told internal radiation for nucl eh ' workers Pr ads hbr. & i d most of the - The 8 ~ it j ect si n clude d prisoners,the