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Vast experiments on humans: a forgotten document
By Jon Rappoport
January 19, 2015
www.nomorefakenews.com
People are unaware of the vast scope of human experimentation in America.
Here are just a few examples:
The entire field of psychiatry, which offers 300
so-called mental disorders for diagnosis and drugging, is a
pseudoscience, because none of those mental disorders has a defining
physical diagnostic test. No blood test, no urine test, no brain scan,
no genetic assay.
The entire area of biotech manipulation of food crops,
in which genes from one species are inserted into another; the FDA
originally approved GMO crops on the basis that it was the biotech
industry's responsibility to assure safety and no health risk.
Every year in the US, the medical system kills 225,000
people. (See B. Starfield, JAMA, July 26, 2000, "Is US health really
the best in the world?") Of those 225,000 deaths, 106,000 are caused by
FDA-approved drugs. This means that, once the drugs are approved,
everything that then happens to the public is one grand uncontrolled
experiment.
The entire area of vaccines; although numerous
"experts" proclaim serious adverse reactions are rare, the system for
counting reactions is broken. Barbara Loe Fisher, of the National
Vaccine Information Center, has reasonably pegged the annual number of
severe adverse effects at between 100,000 and 1.2 million.
As I said, these are just a few examples. There are
others. For instance, the entire experiment involving spraying chemical
substances near the ground and high above the ground, which includes
weather control and manipulation.
Here is a largely forgotten 1994 document that adds fuel to this conflagration.
United States General Accounting Office
Testimony
Before the Legislation and National Security Subcommittee,
Committee on Government Operations, House of
Representative
GAO/T-NSIAD-94-266
For Release on Delivery
Expected at
l0:O0 a.m. EST
Wednesday
September 28, 1994
Human Experimentation
An Overview on Cold War Era Programs
Statement of Frank C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General,
National Security and International Affairs Division
I offer selected quotes.
This is, I assure you, mind-boggling material. Read it
carefully. The testimony speaks for itself. It also provides historical
context for what is happening now in America, the land of guinea pigs:
"We are pleased to be here today to discuss the use of
humans in tests and experiments conducted for national security
purposes by the Department of Defense (DOD) and other agencies between
1940 and 1974."
"As you requested, we focused our work on
defense-affiliated programs that used human test subjects between 1940
and 1974. The programs included tests and experiments conducted or
sponsored by the Departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force;
the Defense Nuclear Agency; the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); the
Department of Energy; and the Department of Health and Human Services.
The tests and experiments involved radiological, chemical, and
biological research..."
"...we have identified hundreds of radiological,
chemical, and biological tests and experiments in which hundreds of
thousands of people were used as test subjects. These tests and
experiments often involved hazardous substances such as radiation,
blister and nerve agents, biological agents, and lysergic acid
diethylamide (LSD). In some cases, basic safeguards to protect people
were either not in place or not followed. For example, some tests and
experiments were conducted in secret; others involved the use of people
without their knowledge or consent or their full knowledge of the risks
involved."
"The effects of the tests and experiments are often
difficult to determine. Although some participants suffered immediate
acute injuries, and some died, in other cases adverse health problems
were not discovered until many years later--often 20 to 30 years or
longer."
"Government testing and experimentation with human
subjects continues today because of its importance to national security
agencies. For example, the Army's Medical Research Institute for
Infectious Disease uses volunteers in its tests of new vaccines for
malaria, hepatitis, and other exotic diseases."
"Since 1974, federal regulations have become more
protective of research subjects and, in general, require (1) the
formation of institutional review boards and procedures and (2)
researchers to obtain informed consent from human subjects and ensure
that their participation is voluntary and based on knowledge of the
potential risks and benefits. We are in the process of reviewing the
effectiveness of these measures. A National Institutes of Health
official has stated that no mechanism exists to ensure implementation of
the key federal policies in this area."
"Precise information on the scope and magnitude of
government tests and experiments involving human subjects is not
available, and exact numbers may never be known."
"However, our review of available documentation and
interviews with agency officials identified hundreds of tests and
experiments in which hundreds of thousands of people were used as
subjects. Some of these tests and experiments involved the intentional
exposure of people to hazardous substances such as radiation, blister
and nerve agents, biological agents, LSD, and phencyclidine (PCP). These
tests and experiments were conducted to support weapon development
programs, identify methods to protect the health of military personnel
against a variety of diseases and combat conditions, and analyze U.S.
defense vulnerabilities. Healthy adults, children, psychiatric patients,
and prison inmates were used in these tests and experiments.
Documenting the precise number of tests and participants is difficult
because government information is incomplete. Some records have been
lost or destroyed, and existing documentation contains limited
information and often does not identify names of participants."
"To date, over 200 radiation tests and experiments
have been identified involving over 210,000 test participants. Although
not involved in a test or experiment, another 199,000 people were
exposed to radiation through work. This latter group is of concern
because the effects of the exposure are the same as those incurred by
test participants. The radiation tests are generally recognized as
involving the largest number of test participants."
"The largest known test program was the atmospheric
nuclear test program conducted from 1945 to 1962. The purpose of this
program was to develop weapons and to gain a better understanding of the
tactical effect on troops. Over this 17-year period, approximately
210,000 DOD-affiliated personnel, including civilian employees of DOD
contractors, scientists, technicians, maneuver and training troops, and
support personnel, participated in 235 atmospheric nuclear tests. We
reported on two of these tests, known as Operation Crossroads, in 1985."
"According to DOD officials, as many as 150,000 of the
210,000 participants may have been exposed to fallout. In addition,
195,000 U.S. service members may have been exposed to radiation during
the occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and over 4,000 other service
members may have been exposed during cleanups at Bikini, Enewetak, and
Johnston Atolls after nuclear tests were conducted. Some participants
have alleged that they were not fully informed or did not understand the
potential health risks of exposure to radiation."
"In a series of experiments conducted between the
1940s and 196Os, the Atomic Energy Commission and the U.S. Public Health
Service funded research of the potential medical effects on people from
fallout after a nuclear attack or accident. In some of the experiments,
university researchers exposed mentally disabled children to low doses
of radiation. Years after the experiments were completed, a task force
found that researchers failed to satisfactorily inform the subjects'
families about the nature and risk of the experiments in order for them
to make an informed decision when they gave their consent. The president
of one of the universities involved in the experiments later apologized
for the use of children and the failure to provide full information
about the nature and risk. We are not aware of what, if any, further
action was taken in this case."
"During World War II and the Cold War era, the Army
and the Navy conducted two major chemical research experiments in which
thousands of service members were used as test subjects. An unknown
number of other chemical tests and experiments were conducted under
contracts with universities, hospitals, and medical research facilities.
In some of the tests and experiments, healthy adults, psychiatric
patients, and prison inmates were used without their knowledge or
consent or their full knowledge of the risks involved."
"During World War II, the Army conducted tests of
protective clothing and equipment in which thousands of people were
exposed to mustard gas and lewisite agents. In addition, the Army
developed and tested offensive chemical weapons and evaluated the
effectiveness and persistency of mustard agents in different
environments. In February 1993, we reported that the Army's records of
its mustard test activities were not kept in a manner that readily
identifies the participants. (see: 'Veterans Disability: Information
From Military May Help VA Assess Claims Related to Secret Tests
(GAO/NSIAD-93-89, Feb. 18, 1993)')"
"However, the available records show that 1,002
soldiers were commended for their participation in [chemical] tests in
which they subjected themselves to pain, discomfort, and possible
permanent injury for the advancement of research in protection of the
armed services."
"Similar to the Army's tests, the Navy conducted tests
of clothing and equipment that exposed thousands to the effects of
mustard gas and lewisite agents [lewisite is a chemical weapon, blister
agent, lung irritant, which causes severe burns and can cause death].
These experiments involved (1) gas chamber tests, in which service
members were completely exposed to mustard and lewisite agents while
wearing protective clothing, and (2) skin tests, in which amounts of
mustard agent and antivesicant ointments were applied to service
members' forearms. The Navy has a list of the names of approximately
3,200 sailors who participated in mustard and lewisite agent tests
performed by the Naval Research Laboratory. Additionally, Navy officials
told us that between 15,000 and 60,000 Navy recruits had participated
in skin tests conducted by a contractor but that the Navy had no record
of the recruits' names."
"From 1952 to 1975, the Army conducted a classified
medical research program to develop incapacitating agents. The program
involved testing nerve agents, nerve agent antidotes, psychochemicals,
and irritants. The chemicals were given to volunteer service members at
the Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, and four other locations. Army documents
identify a total of 7,120 Army and Air Force personnel who participated
in these tests, about half of whom were exposed to chemicals. The
Army's Medical Research and Development Command in Fort Detrick,
Maryland, has the names and service numbers of all test participants and
a list of the chemicals to which the service members were exposed. Some
service members have testified before congressional committees that
they were not fully informed of the risks involved."
"During the same period, the Army Chemical Corps
contracted with various universities, state hospitals, and medical
foundations to research the disruptive influences that psychochemical
agents could have on combat troops. The Air Force also conducted
experiments on the effects of LSD through contracts at five
universities. According to Air Force officials and records,
approximately 100 people received LSD in these experiments. No effort
has been made by the Air Force to determine if the participants' names
are available in the universities' records."
"According to a CIA official, from 1553 to about 1964,
the CIA conducted a series of experiments called MKULTRA to test
vulnerabilities to behavior modification drugs. As a part of these
experiments, LSD and other psychochemical drugs were administered to an
undetermined number of people without their knowledge or consent.
According to the official, the names of those involved in the tests are
not available because names were not recorded or the records were
subsequently destroyed. However, some tests were done under contract,
and no effort has been made by the CIA to determine if names are
available in contractors' records."
"The Army conducted a series of biological warfare
experiments and tests between 1949 and 1974. The purpose of these tests
was to determine U.S. vulnerabilities to biological warfare. For
example, between 1949 and 1969, the Army conducted several hundred
biological warfare tests in which unaware populations were sprayed with
bacterial tracers or simulants that the Army thought were harmless at
that time. Some of the tests involved spraying large areas, such as the
cities of St. Louis and San Francisco, and others involved spraying more
focused areas, such as the New York City subway system and Washington
National Airport."
"In another Army experiment conducted between 1959 and
1974, approximately 2,200 volunteers were exposed to biological
pathogens, such as Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and Tularemia, as part
of research to develop vaccines and antidotes."
"Available records show that people suffered immediate
acute injuries in some tests and that people died in at least two
tests. For example, available records show that some participants in the
Army's and the Navy's mustard and lewisite tests suffered burns and
required hospitalization. Also, in a highly publicized case, an Army
employee died in 1953, a short time after participating in a CIA
experiment using LSD."
"Research studies have also shown that exposure to
some of the substances used in the tests may create health problems that
often will not appear for many years. For example, the National Academy
of Sciences concluded in 1993 that exposure to mustard agents could
cause many serious diseases that would not immediately appear, such as
leukemia, emphysema, respiratory and skin cancers, and eye diseases, and
that lewisite agents could cause some of these same diseases."
"...some agencies have made little effort to assist
test participants by identifying test locations and participants in
experiments conducted by contractors. The CIA, in fact, has not released
the names of 15 of the approximately 80 organizations that conducted
experiments under the previously discussed MKULTRA program because the
organizations do not want to be identified."
If you've grasped what you've just read, I don't need to highlight the horrendous facts. However, I would offer a coda:
Right now, on Maui, Monsanto and Dow are suing to
nullify a citizens' vote that blocked biotech GMO/pesticide
experimentation in that county.
These corporations are undertaking toxic experiments
on the whole population in that area. The scientific data re GMOs and
pesticides are locked up as "proprietary corporate property."
Yet another secret, yet another pronouncement that "everything is safe."
No protection, no informed consent, no transparency, no independent review.
Even among corporate insiders, very few know the full
extent and nature of the GMOs being deployed or the chemicals being
sprayed on the heads of the people.
It's in the grand tradition---human experimentation.
RICO crime, war crime. Depraved indifference to human life, in the
service of "helping the planet."
Jon Rappoport
The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29 th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power.
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative
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