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Today's Poll!Army: No health risk from secret St. Louis testing
Friday, November 2, 2012
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A top Army official says that an investigation into secret chemical testing in impoverished areas of St. Louis during the Cold War era found no health risk for those who lived in the testing area.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Army sprayed zinc cadmium sulfide into the St. Louis air as part of a biological weapons program. St. Louis was chosen because it bore some resemblance to Russian cities.
Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill wrote to the Army demanding answers in September after learning of research into the testing by a St. Louis professor, Lisa Martino-Taylor.
Assistant Army Secretary Katherine Hammack says in a letter received by Blunt’s office Friday that Army investigators reviewed several studies and assessments and found no health risk.
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wow 6 months, 3 weeks ago
No wonder people don't trust the government. I know it's not the fault of every elected official , but it's secrets like this that justify the public skepticism of American leaders. Scientific experiments on the Indians, the Tuskgegee experiment on Blacks. Forget the racial aspect of this BS, these expereiment's were conducted on the less desirable, the 47%, the non-rich American's and it was coducted by the rich, the more socially acceptable people in the controlling part of American society. The haves experimented on the have-nots!!!! Even worse, the haves didn't bother telling the unsuspecting have not's that they were being used as lab rats. The goverment now say's there was no harm done to those who were PUPROSLY EXPOSED TO HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS. Yeah right!!!
These sasme folks called Hitler a made man for his orchestrated hell he unleashed in the name of medicine. Sadam Hussein is still called a monster for gassing the Kurdish people. Those JO's in the Slavick conties were found guilty of war crimes for their actions. yet not one American leader has been punished for these foolish, harmful deadly experiments Americans have done on unsuspecting innocent Americans.
The STL neighborhoods are similar to those of Russia, so it made it easier for the experiment to take place. Well I got news for you. I've been to Russia and all through Europe. I've also been through STL and I agree both areas have some simlarities, but that still don't make it right for the American goverment to expose innocent unsuspecting American citizens to hazardous chemicals. It certainly does'nt make it right for the American leadership to then say...even though there is a large number of illnesses be falling the people of this living in confines neighborhoods of the contaiminated area, it's not related to them being exposed to the dangerous chemicals.
How many more people have to die, before this kind of stuff is ended and those responsible are properly punished?
Paroquet 6 months, 3 weeks ago
"Assistant Army Secretary Katherine Hammack says in a letter received by Blunt’s office Friday that Army investigators reviewed several studies and assessments and found no health risk." ////////////////////
I've seen enough statements like that in my time to make a hippopotamus pause, and consider its next bite more carefully. Army investigators, of military operations? Puh-leeze. I trust those determinations less than if I sat on a wasp and didn't get stung.
eileen10 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Agent orange was supposed to be safe too. NOT!!! A dear friend of mine died as a direct cause of agent orange. He was a vietnam vet and many vets have ongoing problems due to agent orange.
wow 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The thing that really chaps me more than what happened is that these people who did these things act as if what they did is cool. They use all this mumbo jumbo spin talk to try convincing people that everything is just fine...mean while families are dieing due to some unexplained cancer. The cancer had to come from somewhere...these people were unaware the governent purposely exposed them to a carcernagenic chemical and now the same government says "alas klar"! I'd much rather somebody admit to there doings and say, it happened and nobody is gonna do anything about it. At least then the lies would be minimized and the people would at least know what caused their cancer. How about a little understanding here?
I do love America, but some of the American's running things need AGFAW!!!!
eileen10 6 months, 3 weeks ago
It took a looooong time, but the govt. finally admitted that agent orange did cause many health problems and even made a list. My friend received monthly compensation due to the pancreatic cancer but he was feeble and then he was diagnosed with brain and lung cancer. he died two months later. We talked about this several times and he was angry with good reason.He came back from Vietnam with deep problems as did so, so many others plus his gov't. lied to him. Since this article is about secret testing I have to wonder.....
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