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Albert Stevens
- mellosouls 7y ago(Stevens was used - with several others - as an unwitting Guinea pig for experiments on the effect of radiation on the human body. The "justification" was he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer - the diagnosis was wrong.) Appalling arrogance by the perpetrators - who were apparently neither prosecuted or even condemned. Further context: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plutonium_Files https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plutonium_Files
- stygiansonic 7y agoRelated: Discussion around the linear no-threshold model as it applies to absorbed radiation does: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_no-threshold_model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_no-threshold_model
- perfmode 7y agorelative to the ethical facet, it almost feels myopic for me to direct my energy toward the scientific facet of the story. anyone else affected by this?