Radiation Experiments


Secretary O'Leary released documents which revealed experiments with radiation on human subjects in the 1940s and 1950s. The subcommittee heard testimony from her and others about the Department of Defense testing and whether compensation is due any of the subjects. Featuring Patricia Durbin, Professor, Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Laboratory, Life Sciences Division; Kenneth Mossman, President, Arizona State University, Health Physics Society; Gerald Mousso, Resident, Rochester, NY; Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary, Department of Energy; Tara O'Toole M.D., Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy, Environment, Safety and Health; Leroy Walters, Researcher, Georgetown University, Center for Bioethics; Eileen Welsome, Writer, Albuquerque Tribune; Elemerine Whitfield, Resident, Dallas, TX.
Date:
January 17, 1994
Run time:
4:26:06
Categories:
Other
Location:
Washington, DC
Presented by:
C-SPAN