But so is this... (just settled in 1997)
MIT, Quaker Oats to settle radiation experiment suit
BOSTON (CNN) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Quaker Oats announced Tuesday that they have agreed to pay
$1.85 million to over 100
people who, in the 1940s and '50s, were unwitting subjects of experiments using radioactive materials.
The experiment was intended to determine whether a diet heavy in cereals could contribute to malnutrition by blocking the absorption of minerals.
Radioactive iron was given to boys at the Fernald school in Waltham, Massachusetts at meals, so that the iron's absorption could be traced.
The boys, who were between 12 and 17 years old and, at the time, classified as
mentally retarded, were told that they would be joining a
"science club." Club members received extra portions of milk, occasional dinners out, and trips to baseball games and the beach.
1997 Story
No it's not the same thing. What the North Koreans did was overt evil. What the American government, researchers and Cereal compaines did is for
BETTER NUTRITION!!! Keep in mind we were trying Nazi war criminals for stuff like this while doing it ourselves.
Now you wonder WHY... "Quaker Cap'n Crunch ® (introduced in 1963) has become one of the most successful pre-sweet ready-to-eat cereal ever launched
and today is the #1 pre-sweetened kids cereal in the U.S.
It's the
RADIOACTIVE CRUNCHBERRIES of course!!!
X...DANGER...X
RADIOACTIVE
The point is, I saw alot of bashing of those that may be critics of America in this thread, and I thought a reality check was required for the flag
waving uber capitalists.
[Edited on 31-1-2004 by RANT]