US apologizes for '40s syphilis study in Guatemala

[Vessol]

Who was Prez when that was allowed to happen?

Truman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis_experiments_in_Guatemala

 

[raiha]

Thanks Vessol..I'm back to dial-up and it takes too long to look things up these days...

 

[osan]

wasn't the experimenting on the Tuskegee blacks done around the same time? Apparently the guatemalan's rank below blacks in the eyes of the elite, since it took a little longer to apologize.

No, it just took longer to get caught.

 

[MelissaWV]

Truman was President during this particular incident. However, go back and research just the things that the Government has admitted to doing. Don't even include "conspiracies," just for giggles. Only examine that which the country's leaders have announced after the fact as being real "oops" moments for them, and you'll notice quite a long list developing. You'll also notice the pattern of releasing the information once the culprits and victims are mostly dead. There's usually a small ceremony somewhere to "honor the victims" or "apologize" and then it goes away forever and ever. Only a select few screwups ever make it into the history books, and even those are so whitewashed you wouldn't recognize them.

And yeah, this stuff's going on right now, too. And absolutely, there are usually a few people who know and protest and everyone gets annoyed at them. And yep, there were some "experiments" that were much milder, often social in nature, and were considered a "success" so there's no need to apologize as the Government feels no one was hurt.

 

[Anti Federalist]

NHS uses babies’ blood for secret database

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article7134061.ece

HOSPITALS have quietly created banks of DNA from blood taken from millions of newborn babies without the proper consent of their parents, emails show.

Freedom of information (FOI) requests to hospitals around Britain have established that the blood samples, taken in heel-prick tests to screen for serious conditions, have been privately stored by parts of the NHS since 1984.

According to guidance obtained by The Sunday Times, the DNA can be looked at by police, coroners and some medical researchers. They are able to identify named individuals.

 

[MelissaWV]

NHS uses babies’ blood for secret database

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article7134061.ece

HOSPITALS have quietly created banks of DNA from blood taken from millions of newborn babies without the proper consent of their parents, emails show.

Freedom of information (FOI) requests to hospitals around Britain have established that the blood samples, taken in heel-prick tests to screen for serious conditions, have been privately stored by parts of the NHS since 1984.

According to guidance obtained by The Sunday Times, the DNA can be looked at by police, coroners and some medical researchers. They are able to identify named individuals.

This is technically not legal in the US, but I doubt that stops the Government from figuring out a way around it.

 

[pcosmar]

A good article here,
Clandestine human experimentation disclosed. More to come?
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/i...closure-of-clandestine-human-experime?blog=73

I had posted it earlier in a related (?) thread. It is worth the read, and consideration.

 

[Anti Federalist]

This is technically not legal in the US, but I doubt that stops the Government from figuring out a way around it.

Minnesota:

http://www.cchconline.org/issues/refuse_testing.php3

* Newborn genetic testing is not required by law - if parents express their objection in writing.

* Hospitals, doctors, midwives and others must advise parents of the following:

o That the blood or tissue samples used to perform testing as well as the results of such testing may be retained by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).
o The benefit of retaining the blood or tissue sample.
o That the following options are available to parents with respect to the testing:

1. Parents may decline to have the tests, or
2. Parents may elect to have the tests but to require that all blood samples and records of test results be destroyed within 24 months of the testing.

* Parents and guardians who refuse testing, or elect for testing and later destruction of blood samples, must do so on a form that is signed by the parent or legal guardian and made part of the child's medical record. A written objection exempts babies from blood testing requirements.

* If a parent does not sign the form, the newborn baby's blood will be drawn, sent to the State, and tested. The results of the testing will be provided to the child's physician and kept in a state database. The blood specimen (dried blood spots) will be kept, possibly for future uses.

Since the 2003 Minnesota legislation requires parents to be informed only of the benefits of genetic
testing, consider a few of the concerns:

* Blood spots, from heel sticks taken after birth, contain the baby's DNA - genetic code.
* Blood spots at the State are considered state property. The MDH formerly kept blood spots for only 5 years, but the policy recently changed. Blood spots are now kept indefinitely. Approximately 70,000 new babies are born each year. MDH currently has the blood spots (DNA) of 350,000 citizens.
* Laws can change. As technology advances and genetic testing and biometric identifiers becomes more common, the legislature may decide to expand use of its DNA collection.
* A state database will hold the names, information and results of genetic testing.
* There is no law to prevent future state testing for predisposition to cancer or Alzheimer's or mental illness. Without specific legislative approval, the law allows the Minnesota Health Department to expand the number of disorders for which babies will be tested.
* The law does not forbid researcher access to DNA-laden blood spots. Researchers have already made requests for access to blood spots held by the health department.
* Should parents decide to genetically test their children? How will their children feel when they become adults and find that their genetic profile may be known by the State?

 

[Anti Federalist]

A good article here,
Clandestine human experimentation disclosed. More to come?
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/i...closure-of-clandestine-human-experime?blog=73

I had posted it earlier in a related (?) thread. It is worth the read, and consideration.

Thanks Pete