Medical Experimentation

The Dark History of Medical Experimentation from the Nazis to Tuskegee to Puerto Rico



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http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/5/the_dark_history_of_medical_experimentation

Exposed: US Doctors Secretly Infected Hundreds of Guatemalans with Syphilis in the 1940s

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http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/5/exposed_us_doctors_secretly_infected_hundreds

A historian at Wellesley College has uncovered evidence that US government researchers deliberately infected hundreds of Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea in the 1940s in experiments conducted without the subjects’ permission. Details of the study were uncovered by medical historian Susan Reverby. On Friday, State Department spokesperson P.J. Crowley said the Obama administration has apologized to the Guatemalan government.

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

http://www.democracynow.org/2007/1/19/medical_apartheid_the_dark_history_of

Experiments in Torture: Medical Group Accuses CIA of Carrying Out Illegal Human Experimentation

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http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/8/experiments_in_torture_medical_group_accuses

Guinea Pig Kids: How New York City is Using Children to Test Experimental AIDS Drugs

http://www.democracynow.org/2004/12/22/guinea_pig_kids_how_new_york

Plutonium Files: How the U.S. Secretly Fed Radioactivity to Thousands of Americans

http://www.democracynow.org/2004/5/5/plutonium_files_how_the_u_s

Acres of Skin—Human Medical Experimentation expose, set in Philadelphia’s Holmesburg prison.

http://www.democracynow.org/1998/6/11/acres_of_skin_human_medical_experimentation

US AIDS Experiments on Women and Children in Developing Nations

http://www.democracynow.org/1997/4/23/us_aids_experiments_on_women_and

The US government reaches settlement with victim and their families for damage done by radiation experiments

http://www.democracynow.org/1996/11/20/the_us_government_reaches_settlement_with

How the U.S. Government Exposed Thousands of Americans to Lethal Bacteria to Test Biological Warfare

http://www.democracynow.org/2005/7/13/how_the_u_s_government_exposed

AIDS Experiments on Foster Kids Violated Federal Law

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has concluded at least some AIDS drug experiments involving foster children violated federal rules designed to ensure vulnerable youths were protected from the risks of medical research.

Deadly Medicine: FDA Fails to Regulate Rapidly Growing Industry of Overseas Drug Testing
Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly conducting clinical trials for new drugs outside the U.S., usually in countries where regulations are less stringent and trials are much cheaper, often leading to deadly results. Twenty years ago, only 271 trials of drugs intended for use by Americans were conducted overseas. By 2008, the number had risen to nearly 6,500—many taking places in areas with poor and illiterate test subjects. Journalist Jim Steele joins to talk about his special investigation just published in Vanity Fair.
Deadly Medicine

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/01/deadly-medicine-201101?printable=true&currentPage=3#ixzz18NY8yGh9

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http://www.democracynow.org/2010/12/17/deadly_medicine_fda_fails_to_regulate

WikiLeaks Cables: Pfizer Targeted Nigerian Attorney General to Undermine Suit over Fatal Drug Tests

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http://www.democracynow.org/2010/12/17/wikileaks_cables_pfizer_targeted_nigerian_attorney

Study: Pharmaceutical Drug Companies Top Military Industry in Defrauding U.S. Gov’t

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http://www.democracynow.org/2010/12/17/pharmaceutical_drug_industry_tops_defense_industry