You know, this radiation experiment reminds me of another incident. A group of African-American men were injected, without their knowledge or consent, with live syphilis spirochaetes, and studied for a number of years. No attempt at therapy was ever attempted, as I recall, for these individuals. Here is a reference. <krlc> BRS Number: 000988639 Author: Jones, James H. (James Howard), 1943- Title: Bad blood : the Tuskegee syphilis experiment / James H. Jones. Impr/Ed: New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell McMillan International, c1993. New and expanded ed. Phys Desc: xv, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Afro-American men -- Diseases -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History. AIDS (Disease) -- United States. Human experimentation in medicine -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History. Syphilis -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History. Syphilis -- Research -- Alabama -- Macon County -- History. Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Other Author: Tuskegee Institute. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Language: eng ISBN: 0029166764 (pbk.) LCCN: 92034818