Researchers in the United States have performed thousands of human radiation experiments to determine the effects of atomic radiation and radioactive contamination on the human body. Most of these tests were performed, funded, or supervised by the United States military, Atomic Energy Commission, or various other U.S. federal government agencies. The experiments included a wide array of studies, involving things like feeding radioactive food to mentally disabled children, deliberately releasing radioactive chemicals over U.S. and Canadian cities, measuring the health effects of radioactive fallout from nuclear bomb tests, and irradiating the testicles of prison inmates, among other things. Much information about these programs was classified and kept secret. In the 1990s Eileen Welsome's reports on radiation testing for The Albuquerque Tribune prompted the creation of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments by executive order of president Bill Clinton in order to monitor government tests; it published results in 1995. (Summary modified from Wikipedia)
Chapters
1 Introductory Material 12 min 2 Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments 6 min 3 Preface, part 1 31 min 4 Preface, part 2 31 min 5 Introduction, Part 1 28 min 6 Introduction, Part 2 30 min 7 Introduction, Part 3 32 min 8 Introduction, Part 4 25 min 9 Introduction, Part 5 33 min 10 Introduction, Part 6 29 min 11 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 1, Part 1 21 min 12 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 1, Part 2 27 min 13 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 1, Part 3 27 min 14 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 1, Part 4 28 min 15 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 1, Part 5 17 min 16 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 2, Part 1 24 min 17 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 2, Part 2 32 min 18 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 2, Part 3 27 min 19 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 2, Part 4 20 min 20 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 3, Part 1 26 min 21 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 3, Part 2 23 min 22 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 3, Part 3 14 min 23 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 4, Part 1 23 min 24 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 4, Part 2 27 min 25 Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 4, Part 3 25 min 26 Case Studies, Overview 18 min 27 Case Studies, Chapter 5, Part 1 28 min 28 Case Studies, Chapter 5, Part 2 39 min 29 Case Studies, Chapter 5, Part 3 27 min 30 Case Studies, Chapter 5, Part 4 39 min 31 Case Studies, Chapter 5, Part 5 23 min 32 Case Studies, Chapter 6, Part 1 22 min 33 Case Studies, Chapter 6, Part 2 21 min 34 Case Studies, Chapter 6, Part 3 20 min 35 Case Studies, Chapter 6, Part 4 32 min 36 Case Studies, Chapter 7, Part 1 23 min 37 Case Studies, Chapter 7, Part 2 19 min 38 Case Studies, Chapter 7, Part 3 26 min 39 Case Studies, Chapter 7, Part 4 21 min 40 Case Studies, Chapter 7, Part 5 16 min 41 Case Studies, Chapter 8, Part 1 32 min 42 Case Studies, Chapter 8, Part 2 30 min 43 Case Studies, Chapter 8, Part 3 27 min 44 Case Studies, Chapter 8, Part 4 31 min 45 Case Studies, Chapter 8, Part 5 33 min 46 Case Studies, Chapter 9, Part 1 25 min 47 Case Studies, Chapter 9, Part 2 19 min 48 Case Studies, Chapter 9, Part 3 32 min 49 Case Studies, Chapter 10, Part 1 23 min 50 Case Studies, Chapter 10, Part 2 35 min 51 Case Studies, Chapter 10, Part 3 28 min 52 Case Studies, Chapter 10, Part 4 39 min 53 Case Studies, Chapter 10, Part 5 21 min 54 Case Studies, Chapter 11, Part 1 24 min 55 Case Studies, Chapter 11, Part 2 26 min 56 Case Studies, Chapter 11, Part 3 28 min 57 Case Studies, Chapter 11, Part 4 21 min 58 Case Studies, Chapter 11, Part 5 27 min 59 Case Studies, Chapter 12, Part 1 23 min 60 Case Studies, Chapter 12, Part 2 29 min 61 Case Studies, Chapter 12, Part 3 22 min 62 Case Studies, Chapter 12, Part 4 25 min 63 Case Studies, Chapter 12, Part 5 30 min 64 Case Studies, Chapter 12, Part 6 21 min 65 Case Studies, Chapter 13, Part 1 18 min 66 Case Studies, Chapter 13, Part 2 21 min 67 Case Studies, Chapter 13, Part 3 22 min 68 Case Studies, Chapter 13, Part 4 28 min 69 Case Studies, Chapter 13, Part 5 20 min 70 Contemporary Projects, Overview and Chapter 14, Part 1 35 min 71 Contemporary Projects, Chapter 14, Part 2 29 min 72 Contemporary Projects, Chapter 15, Part 1 26 min 73 Contemporary Projects, Chapter 15, Part 2 33 min 74 Contemporary Projects, Chapter 15, Part 3 29 min 75 Contemporary Projects, Chapter 16, Part 1 25 min 76 Contemporary Projects, Chapter 16, Part 2 22 min 77 Contemporary Projects, Chapter 16, Part 3 25 min 78 Contemporary Projects, Chapter 16, Part 4 20 min 79 Discussion of Part III 22 min 80 Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future, Overview 24 min 81 Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future, Chapter 17, Part 1 24 min 82 Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future, Chapter 17, Part 2 22 min 83 Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future, Chapter 17, Part 3 23 min 84 Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future, Chapter 18, Part 1 28 min 85 Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future, Chapter 18, Part 2 24 min 86 Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future, Chapter 18, Part 3 27 min 87 Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future, Chapter 18, Part 4 19 min 88 Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future, Chapter 18, Part 5 24 min 89 Coming to Terms with the Past, Looking Ahead to the Future, Chapter 18, Part 6 14 min 90 Statement by Committee Member Jay Katz 25 min
