Plutonium Trials

In 1994 President Clinton appointed a special advisory team to investigate human radiation experiments that had been conducted over the years. When the worlds first atomic bomb was about to be launched in 1945, doctors began injecting patients with plutonium to better understand the effects of radiation on the human body. Many of these patients did not consent to be a part of these studies – including children who were unknowingly fed radioactive oatmeal from Quaker Oats Company, who was a co-sponsor of the studies . Though several government officials were aware of the studies throughout the years, it took decades for details of the experiments to be brought to light. Clintons investigation  in a mandatory procedural review of all organizations conducting human research, and a new committee to oversee research efforts.