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Nothing about the Manhattan Project was humane.
Human Experiments: The Manhattan Project’s Fatal Radiation.
It is true that the Manhattan Project, which was primarily focused on developing atomic weapons during World War II, also included research on the effects of radiation on… https://t.co/0cUhdYNzQftwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Human Experiments: The Manhattan Project’s Fatal Radiation.
It is true that the Manhattan Project, which was primarily focused on developing atomic weapons during World War II, also included research on the effects of radiation on… https://t.co/0cUhdYNzQftwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Some of this research was conducted accidentally, as when project scientist Harry Daghlian triggered a sudden burst of radiation from a plutonium core he was working on and exposed himself to a fatal dose of gamma rays that killed him 25 excruciating days later.
The whole time… https://t.co/JiOo3qnpvAtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The whole time… https://t.co/JiOo3qnpvAtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
As early as 1943, project staff suspected that some workers’ physical ailments were related to their work. In the case of one worker, a woman suffering from kidney failure, an internal memo discussed whether or not to alert her to the potential cause: chronic exposure to… https://t.co/lyLAG6P0z7twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Eventually, hundreds of people, including 57 mentally handicapped children in Massachusetts and more than 100 disabled adults in Chicago, were fed or injected with plutonium, which holds the distinction of being one of the most dangerous substances in the world for human health.… https://t.co/KWdahKtCjgtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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