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TAKEN FROM The MIT Science Club for Disabled Children
In the late 1940s, Boyce was one of some 90 children, most of whom were classified as “feeble-minded,” who were selected by MIT to be used as test subjects. With offers of free meals and Boston Red Sox tickets, they’d been coaxed to join a “Science Club” without knowing that their inclusion would make them guinea pigs for various radiation-laden nutrition studies funded by Quaker Oats.
I wish this were rare. There are many case. Actually, this is similar to experiments done by nazi germany.
In the late 1940s, Boyce was one of some 90 children, most of whom were classified as “feeble-minded,” who were selected by MIT to be used as test subjects. With offers of free meals and Boston Red Sox tickets, they’d been coaxed to join a “Science Club” without knowing that their inclusion would make them guinea pigs for various radiation-laden nutrition studies funded by Quaker Oats.
I wish this were rare. There are many case. Actually, this is similar to experiments done by nazi germany.
