Preliminary Bibliography on Human Experimentation by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense

Government Documents

Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments : executive summary and guide to final report. Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1995.

U. S. Department of Defense, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs. Report on search for human radiation experiment records, 1944-1994. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Technical Information Service, 1997.

U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Radiation testing on humans. January 18, 1994. U.S. G.P.O. 1994.

United States House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Radiation research in the VA involving human subjects. February 8, 1994. U.S. G.P.O. 1994.

U. S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. Human radiation and other scientific experiments : the federal government's role. January 25, 1994. Washington : U.S. G.P.O. 1995.

U. S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. Human subject radiation experiments: progress on records search and ethical evaluation. December 1, 1994. Washington : U.S. G.P.O. 1995.

U. S. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Human subjects research : radiation experimentation. Washington : U.S. G.P.O. 1994. Hearing to determine "the magnitude of the radiation research, where these experiments took place, what records exist, how great the dangers were, if participants were informed of the risks and benefits of the radiation experiments and how much harm was done."

Books and Articles

From 1994-1996, Scott Allen wrote a series for the Boston Globe on the Fernald studies. Here are the citations:

• State rejects Fernald claims | Allen, Scott | Boston Globe | p. 13, col. 6 | Mar 4, 1996
• MIT, Quaker Oats, Fernald doctors face $60m federal lawsuit over tests | Allen, Scott | Boston Globe | p. 34, col. 4 | Dec 6, 1995
• US apologizes to thousands it exposed to radiation | Allen, Scott | Greenberger, Scott S | Boston Globe | p. 3, col. 1 | Oct 4, 1995
• Radiation subects to get apology | Allen, Scott | Boston Globe | p. 33, col. 2 | Sep 29, 1995
• Subjects of tests at Fernald located | Allen, Scott | Boston Globe | p. 1, col. 1 | Jul 21, 1995
• Fernald radiation report released | Allen, Scott | Boston Globe | p. 22, col. 1 | May 10, 1994
• Medical testing queries on rise | Allen, Scott | Boston Globe | p. 13, col. 6 | Jan 24, 1994
• Kennedy opens probe of Fernald testing | Allen, Scott | Boston Globe | p. 28, col. 3 | Jan 13, 1994
• Testing risks called modest | Allen, Scott | Boston Globe | p. 17, col. 6 | Jan 8, 1994
• MIT official tells more of radiation experiments at Fernald | Allen, Scott | Boston Globe | p. 16, col. 1 | Dec 30, 1993

Ball, Howard. Justice Downwind : America's Atomic Testing Program in the 1950's. 1986.

Feingold, Eugene. "Finding trust in government." Nation's Health v24n5, p2 May 1994

Hacker, Barton C. Elements of Controversy: The Atomic Energy Commission and Radiation Safety in Nuclear Weapons Testing, 1947-1974. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 1994.

"Silent death." Economist v330n7844, p77-78 Jan 8, 1994.

"The 10 most underreported stories of 1994--1947 AEC memo: Censors human radiation experiments" St. Louis Journalism Review v24n175, p14-15 Apr 1995.

"30 years ago ..." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | v50n2, p8 Mar 1994.

Walker, J Samuel The Atomic Energy Commission and the politics of radiation protection, 1967-1971. Isis v85n1, p57-78 Mar 1994.

Films and Videos

Clouds of doubt [videorecording]. KUTV-TV ; producers, Karl Idsvoog, Lucky Severson, Mike Youngren. (1979?)
Explores the issue of the safety of the atomic bomb test conducted by the United States in Nevada in the 1950's. Official denials of health hazards are contradicted by the comments of scientists such as Linus Pauling, John Gofman, and Richard Mancuso who insist the Atomic Energy Commission knew the risks involved.

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