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Ao17LP
No.493679
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1280438/m2/1/high_res_d/10111991.pdf
One of the most infamous instances was the use of radioactive isotopes in food, which was fed to unsuspecting Indian women, as well as men and children, in the 1940s and 1950s. Researchers, including British scientists, used these experiments to study the effects of radiation on human health. They would feed the women or make them ingest foods laced with radioactive substances like radium or iodine, often to study the potential uses of these elements in medicine.
Ao17LP
No.493683
>>493679(OP)
These experiments were part of a broader pattern of medical and psychological exploitation of colonial subjects, where local populations were treated as guinea pigs for scientific experiments without ethical considerations or basic human rights. It's a horrifying example of the lengths to which colonial powers would go in pursuit of scientific knowledge often with devastating consequences for the people being used in those experiments.
Such experiments were done without any form of consent, and the long-term health impacts on many of the people involved were disastrous. Many suffered from severe health problems, including radiation burns, cancers, and other life-threatening diseases, without any recourse to justice at the time.
