<story><title>US Army researched the health effects of radioactivity in St Louis 1945-1970 (2011)</title><url>https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/13170</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>A_D_E_P_T</author><text>Of course it was reckless and unethical, but it also seems like kind of an &lt;i&gt;unnecessary&lt;/i&gt; study.  There have been lots of population exposures to radiation before then, and many more since, and there were ample ways to gather data from those.  And, if absolutely necessary, rhesus monkeys are close enough for government work.  With that, and with perhaps some extrapolation and translation of data, I&amp;#x27;m sure that there was nothing to be gained by experimenting on unwitting civilians.&lt;p&gt;By the way, speaking of population exposures to radiation:  In Japan, people still pay good money to bathe in radioactive radon-rich hot springs. [1]  It appears that it might even be healthy.  [2]&lt;p&gt;1 - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;misasaonsen.jp&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;radon&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;misasaonsen.jp&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;radon&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;2 - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;37635139&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;37635139&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bguebert</author><text>It reminds me of this story about a guy that was injected with plutonium without his consent. They thought he wouldn&amp;#x27;t mind since he had a terminal cancer diagnosis (that later turned out to be mistaken). It doesn&amp;#x27;t make sense why they would do this kind of thing.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Albert_Stevens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Albert_Stevens&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>US Army researched the health effects of radioactivity in St Louis 1945-1970 (2011)</title><url>https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/13170</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>A_D_E_P_T</author><text>Of course it was reckless and unethical, but it also seems like kind of an &lt;i&gt;unnecessary&lt;/i&gt; study.  There have been lots of population exposures to radiation before then, and many more since, and there were ample ways to gather data from those.  And, if absolutely necessary, rhesus monkeys are close enough for government work.  With that, and with perhaps some extrapolation and translation of data, I&amp;#x27;m sure that there was nothing to be gained by experimenting on unwitting civilians.&lt;p&gt;By the way, speaking of population exposures to radiation:  In Japan, people still pay good money to bathe in radioactive radon-rich hot springs. [1]  It appears that it might even be healthy.  [2]&lt;p&gt;1 - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;misasaonsen.jp&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;radon&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;misasaonsen.jp&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;radon&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;2 - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;37635139&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&amp;#x2F;37635139&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>odyssey7</author><text>Good news: you might not need to add a radon tank to the hot tub you already own. The control group for [2] was people who did not do any hot spring bathing at all during an average week, so their methodology does not explore the significance of the radon itself.</text></comment>