Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Kid Berwyn

(18,462 posts)
14. Still zip on plutonium. Thanks on the stats!
Mon May 15, 2023, 06:49 PM
May 2023

While they don’t address my question, it gave you a chance to write:

“I cannot hold any respect for anyone carrying on about Fukushima as if it outweighs the destruction of the planetary atmosphere.”

Glad you are a scientist scribe. Still, you don’t know anything about me. Except we’re on Democratic Underground. We believe, or at least I do, that we are equals.

Here’s why I have a problem with people who think they are better than others:



Children Were Radiation Subjects, Data Shows :

Experiments: The federal government and its contractors also used prisoners and psychiatric patients in testing from 1945 to the mid-1970s.


BY KELLY OWEN
FEB. 10, 1995 12 , Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — A graduate student at the University of Rochester fed radioactive milk to children, one of whom developed thyroid cancer, while other researchers injected radioactive material into psychiatric patients in San Francisco and prisoners at San Quentin, according to new data about government radiation experiments.

The findings, released Thursday, detail 100 human radiation experiments conducted by the federal government and its contractors at government labs, universities and public and private hospitals between 1945 and the mid-1970s.

The report adds to a growing body of information that the department has made public since December, 1993, when Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary disclosed the existence of the experiments and announced a broad investigation to determine their nature and extent.

Snip…

The 100 experiments detailed Thursday are included in a group of 154 such tests conducted on 9,000 subjects. An earlier report described the other 54 experiments.

Snip…

Many of the experiments used very small amounts of radioactive material, intended to map where the material goes in the body without doing damage, said Bill LeFurgy, deputy director of the radiation office. But the amount that can be judged safe is hotly disputed, he said.

Continues…

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-10-mn-30398-story.html



And the fascists are always looking for scientists.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Another serious cluster-F the world ignored. Irish_Dem May 2023 #1
I have never been able to understand why we build nuclear power plants next to the oceans. Lasher May 2023 #2
The San Onofre state beach has 3.6 million pounds of nuclear waste buried underneath it, a byproduct womanofthehills May 2023 #3
Shouldn't the release be reviewed by the IAEA or some other body with deep expertise? JudyM May 2023 #4
"saying it's an unavoidable step" - no, just the less expensive step NullTuples May 2023 #5
So, expect massive marine animal kills there Bayard May 2023 #6
There won't be marine animal kills from this release NickB79 May 2023 #7
It will probably be beneficial to marine life if it discourages fishing. hunter May 2023 #17
How come nobody ever visits a coal plant before it releases stuff that's actually harmful? NNadir May 2023 #8
We are basically screwed- even our own military is a huge polluter womanofthehills May 2023 #15
Whatever happened to the Fukushima Unit 3 plutonium? Kid Berwyn May 2023 #9
It wiped out the planet. Everybody on Earth died. Thank God that our antinukes were right... NNadir May 2023 #11
So, no answer about plutonium. Why so condescending? Kid Berwyn May 2023 #12
I really have no time whatsoever to brook a conversation about... NNadir May 2023 #13
Still zip on plutonium. Thanks on the stats! Kid Berwyn May 2023 #14
I really have no time or interest in learning about antinukes. NNadir May 2023 #16
How much plutonium does it take to overdose a person? Kid Berwyn May 2023 #20
I used to be an anti-nuclear activist, and a radical one at that. hunter May 2023 #18
Tsunami was horrific. So is an atmosphere contaminated with radioactive dust. Kid Berwyn May 2023 #22
I don't automatically respect anyone's religious views. hunter May 2023 #23
Corporate media seldom mention plutonium or Karen Silkwood. Kid Berwyn May 2023 #24
Either slagged in the bottom of the reactor, or washed out to sea NickB79 May 2023 #19
And to the four winds. Kid Berwyn May 2023 #21
We've scattered 3.5 tons of plutonium across the planet from 1945-1990 NickB79 May 2023 #25
iijio Martinez8889 May 2023 #10
Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»Japan, South Korea agree ...»Reply #14