Month: July 2013

Low-level radiological contamination found inside Fort Bliss bunker
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2013-07-xx News – Radioactive Waste Biggs AFB, TX

July 27, 2013

Biggs Airfield/Fort Bliss, TX – In 1966, the Air Force transferred a contaminated WSA and radioactive waste burial site to the Army but did not warn them of potential radiation risk. The radioactive contamination at the site is from the maintenance of nuclear weapons from the 1950s and 1960s. The specific quantity of maintenance waste buried is not known due to incomplete records. According to the Air Force, it disposed of the radioactive waste in accordance with the Atomic Energy Commission and Air Force procedures at the time.
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DOD Human Research – News

July 27, 2013

“Almost every experimenter named by the authors ought to have served time in prison for torturing helpless fellow humans. Instead, the experimenters won research grants and often received accolades as heroes trying to combat a variety of diseases. In most instances, they seemed to be well-intentioned. But they sure lacked a moral compass.” Steve Weinberg ‘One of the largest human experiments in history’ [Read More…]