Human radiation experiments

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Numerous human radiation experiments have been performed in the United States, many of which were funded by various U.S. government agencies, such as the Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission. Experiments included (amongst other things)(It should be noted that the list below is sensationalist and further reading should be done in order to form a sobered, rather than shallowly enraged opinion):

Injecting radioactive iodine into pregnant women seeking abortion, in order to track the mass transfer between placenta and carriers bloodstream. Another experiment administered radioactive iodine to newborns
treatment of cervical cancer through use of radium tube inserts
irradiating the heads of children[1]
feeding radioactive material to mentally disabled children(Tanner Spencer)[2]
exposing U.S. soldiers and prisoners to high levels of radiation[2]
irradiating the testicles of prisoners, which caused severe birth defects[2]
illegally exhuming bodies from graveyards to test them for radiation (without the consent of the families of the deceased)[3]

On January 15, 1994, President Bill Clinton formed the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE), chaired by Ruth Faden of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. The committee was created to investigate and report the use of human beings as test subjects in experiments involving the effects of ionizing radiation in federally funded research. The committee discovered the causes of the experiments, and reasons why the proper oversight did not exist, and made several recommendations to prevent future occurrences of similar events. The final report issued by the ACHRE can be found at the Department of Energy's website here: