United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-05-24 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:RCED-95-109FS https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-109FS P0b002ee18037d7c2 f:rc95109f DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-109FS machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-109FS RCED-95-109FS Public health research Radiation exposure hazards Radiation monitoring Radiation safety Nuclear energy Information analysis operations Clearinghouses Working conditions Occupational safety Radiation accidents Fact Sheet RCED In 59 radiation studies, most of them dating to the 1950s or 1960s, the federal government examined the effects of radiation, such as nuclear fallout, on more than 15,000 human subjects. Often, these studies involved corpses or body parts for which consent was not given by family members. A few of the studies are still ongoing. The largest study obtained nearly 9,000 human bone samples to determine the accumulation of radioactive elements in humans as a result of nuclear fallout. For at least a few of the studies, there is little verifiable evidence that the subjects participated with knowledge of the experiments or their risk. In one experiment, persons with short life expectancies were injected with plutonium to study its effects on the body. In another study, stillborn babies were cremated to determine the content, in their ashes, of strontium that resulted from atmospheric nuclear weapons testing. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-109FS/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-109FS.htm GAO/RCED-95-109FS https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-109FS Fact Sheet GAO/RCED-95-109FS; Department of Energy: Information on DOE's Human Tissue Analysis Work; Public health research Radiation exposure hazards Radiation monitoring Radiation safety Nuclear energy Information analysis operations Clearinghouses Working conditions Occupational safety Radiation accidents