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Beat the Devil
Cockburn, Alexander | January 31, 1994 issue

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The article presents brief discussion on various developments in the U.S. The author presents list of various scientific experiments perpetrated by scientists retained by the U.S. government. One of these experiments was the release of whooping cough virus in 1955 in Palmetto, Florida by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Hundreds of children were affected, and there were a dozen known deaths. Deliberate, secret contamination of Norfolk Naval Supply Center and one ship with infectious bacteria by the U.S. Army in 1951. One of the bacteria types was chosen because blacks were more susceptible to it than whites.

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EXPERIENTIAL research; VIRUSES; UNITED States. Central Intelligence Agency; MORTALITY; CHILDREN; UNITED States
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