US Government Secret Human Experiments: Radioactive Oatmeal, Pregnant Women, and St. Louis Fog

Secret Human Experiments During the Cold War

• 🇺🇸 The US government conducted secret human experiments on its own citizens during the Cold War, without their knowledge or consent, in preparation for potential threats.
• 🎯 These experiments often targeted vulnerable populations, including orphans, children in state institutions, and pregnant women.

Radioactive Oatmeal and Children

• 🥣 In the 1940s, children at state-run facilities like the Fernald School were fed radioactive oatmeal as part of studies sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission.
• 🧸 Children were enticed to join a "science club" with perks like Mickey Mouse watches and trips to baseball games, with little to no informed consent.
• ⚠️ Some children later reported health issues such as lumps on their arms and stomach, raising concerns about the long-term effects of these experiments.

Radioactive Cocktails for Pregnant Women

• 🤰 Pregnant women in Tennessee and California were given radioactive cocktails at top universities during prenatal visits to study placental transfer.
• 💔 The expectation was that this radioactive material would affect the unborn child, and some women later suffered miscarriages, illness, and birth defects.
• 🩺 Physicians involved in these studies, who were expected to heal, were also requesting and administering these radioactive materials.

St. Louis Chemical Spraying

• 💨 In the 1950s and 60s, the US Army secretly sprayed zinc cadmium sulfide into the air of a predominantly Black neighborhood in St. Louis, called Puitigo.
• 🏙️ St. Louis was chosen as an analog city for Soviet targets, and the spraying was intended to simulate the spread of a biological attack.
• ⚠️ While the Army admits to spraying a chemical containing cadmium, a known carcinogen, they deny harm, but residents report experiencing headaches, nausea, dizziness, and rare cancers.
• 🔍 The National Research Council's review noted that repeated exposure to zinc cadmium sulfide could cause kidney or bone toxicity or lung cancer, but could not fully assess the risk due to missing or classified Army records.

Secrecy and Lack of Transparency

• 🔒 Many records related to these experiments, particularly those concerning St. Louis, remain classified for national security reasons.
• ⏳ Residents and researchers feel the government is