Human experimentation by the U.S. government? We wish we could tell you this was just the plot of a horror film, but it's real and really horrifying. Join us as we discuss unethical and immoral atrocities done in the name of science.
*Content warning: Human experimentation, discussions of racism, brief mention of child sex trafficking*
Jones, James H. Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment. New and expanded edition, The Free Press, 1981, 1993.
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