Since the discovery of ionizing radiation, a number of human radiation experiments have been performed to understand the effects of ionizing radiation and radioactive contamination on the human body, specifically with the element plutonium.
Numerous human radiation experiments have been performed in the United States, many of which were funded by various U.S. government agencies, such as the Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission. Experiments included (amongst other things):
injecting radioactive substances into babies and pregnant women[1]
feeding radioactive material to mentally disabled children[1]
releasing radioactive materials over US cities to simulate the effects of radioactive fallout[citation needed]
exposing U.S. soldiers and prisoners to high levels of radiation[1]
irradiating the testicles of prisoners, which caused severe birth defects[1]
illegally exhuming bodies from graveyards to test them for radiation (without the consent of the families of the deceased)[citation needed]
On January 15, 1994, President Bill Clinton formed the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE), chaired by Ruth Faden of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. The committee was created to investigate and report the use of human beings as test subjects in experiments involving the effects of ionizing radiation in federally funded research. The committee discovered the causes of the experiments, and reasons why the proper oversight did not exist, and made several recommendations to prevent future occurrences of similar events.
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