The U.S. government STOLE body parts

In the early 1950’s, at the height of the Cold War, scientists worried about the effect of radioactive fallout on the world’s population. So the Atomic Energy Commission took body parts from dead babies in other countries and shipped them to the U.S. for testing without getting consent or even notifying parents. #history #historyfacts #science #scienceexperiment

[TenseHorizon]

"Who the fuck starts a conversation like that, I just sat down"

[PAN-ickmode]

I swear if you ever have an intrusive thought it was tested in the Cold War

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who the hell starts a short like that I just opened youtube

[dude-kgty]

Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction

[rjlrstl]

And I thought the US Government couldn’t get more fucked up… of course it can.

[GodzillasaurusJr]

I hopethe nobel prize was not for baby cadaver snatching specifically.

[FIRE_BOMB]

Anyone else remember in the 40s when Quaker Oats gave radioactive oatmeal to disabled and orphaned children?

[alejandrolimon]

My poker face after seeing this is quite scaring

[behindyou]

"The federal government isn't that despicable"
The federal government:

[itzdorz]

And I thought taking candy from a Baby was evil...

[SaulBadman-wbkt]

Fun fact: Willard Libby (the body snatcher guy) invented Carbon dating and won a Nobel Prize for it

[Moose_King_]

But the government would never do anything evil. 😂

[UnHattified]

seems like a great idea with the best of intentions

[GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING]

They should've just waited 70 years and they would have enough from Chicago and Detroit

[Bob-cxze]

I'm shocked this WASN'T Planned Parenthood

[Djungelskog]

And then to add insult to injury they call it project sunshine

[gujwdhufjijjpo]

This really isn’t that bad. Many governments, including the US federal government, have done worse.

[MarsouilleFAUTRE-pelh]

"Am i really gonna dig that child's grave for science?..
OF COURSE I AM!"
*STARTS AGGRESIVLY DIGGING*

[_SPADES]

Honestly, I'm not surprised by my own government doing this stuff in the cold war era

[xaveriusyerryuntan]

People who are angry at this don't know how hard for even a govt to find an organ donor for humanitarian cause, let alone morally questionable thing like this. China is an example of a "superpower" run out of organ donors for morally right thing, which pressured em to secretly did/do horrible stuffs (see CCP's organ trafficking/illegal organ snatching). It's bad but thing's never as simple as good vs bad.

Yes this baby corpse thing was (and is in some places btw) inhumane. But the weapons has been there, ready to be launched at anytime. Given on how stiff the cold war before '75s, no one want to bet a risk to be a saint over a cute carcass while risking millions'/billions' wellbeings.

And yes, it was in 50s, an era where you blasted a nuke upon your own patriot, not like it was justifiable, but this shit was more "tame" compared to other horrendous US nuke things.