Undue Risk

Secret State Experiments on Humans

By: Jonathan D. Moreno

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Paperback | 22 December 2000 | Edition Number 1

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392 Pages

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Undue Risk is an unprecedented and chilling history of the use of human subjects in atomic, biological and chemical warfare experiments by the US Government from World War II to the present. Jonathan Moreno, a senior researcher on the President's special commission, goes where few researchers have gone before, exploring secret government documents which reveal a plethora of government experiments. He exposes startling details of experiments like the inhumane subjection of soldiers to atomic blast fallouts and secret LSD and mescaline experiments. From the courtrooms of Nuremberg to the battlefields of the Gulf War, Undue Risk exposes a variety of government policies and specific cases, including plutonium injections to unwilling hospital patients and , and even the attempted recruitment of Nazi medical scientists by the US government after World War II. Now available in paperback, with a new afterword, this exciting read covers recent objections by US military personnel to required anthrax vaccinations and new developments in government policies on experiments involving vulnerable human subjects.

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"An earnest, often chilling account of the experiments with chemical and biological agents as well as radiation. "Undue Risk strongly supports [Moreno's] contention that the rights of human subjects deserve to be held paramount over any needs of national security." -Daniel J. Kevels, "The New York Times Book Review "A thoughtful look into the unfortunate penchant of 20th-century governments to test deadly weapons on their own citizens." -"Kirkus Reviews "Between 1949 and 1969, the U.S. Army conducted over 200 "field tests" as part of its biological warfare research program, releasing infectious bacterial agents in cities across the U.S. without informing residents of the exposed areas, Moreno reveals in this chilling, meticulously documented casebook." -" Publisher's Weekly "Although each chapter deals with a different set of experiments, the author weaves these studies together into a seamless account that is well-organized and fascinating to read. One appealing facet of the book is the many interesting tangents it takes. Moreno's book is an effective means to stir debate on the ethical issues involved in experimentation involving human subjects." -" The Left Atrium

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