April 18, 1994 (vol. 104, iss. 117) • Page Image 1
…It Ai t One hundred three years of editorial freedom Thousands used in 1950s 'U' radiation research Most experiments involved radiation levels that posed little or no risk to human subjects y DAVID RHEINGOLD DAILY STAFF REPORTER The University of Michigan used more than 1,500 people - many of them children - as test subjects in 1950s radiation research, a review of University records shows. Some of the people underwent therapeutic treatme...…