That sucks. On a good note, at least they were testing with penicillin instead of mercury
:) On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130266301&sc=fb&cc=fp > > It's facts like these that are fodder for conspiracy theorists > everywhere, and which have lead to the > distrust of the US Government and their influence and actions in other > countries. > > Some would argue that not much has changed, and even point to the > Torture facilities located in other countries. > > "apologized for a U.S.-funded study that led to the deliberate > infection of hundreds of Guatemalans with syphilis from 1946-1948. > "Although these events occurred more than 64 years ago, we are > outraged that such reprehensible research could have occurred under > the guise of public health," their statement reads. " > > "The researchers infected nearly 700 prisoners and mental patients in > Guatemala with syphilis. Prostitutes with syphilis were used to infect > male prisoners. The researchers deceived the study subjects about the > experiment and concealed the facts of their infection." > > 0_0 > > The world is an ugly place sometimes. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328423 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
