Path: e420r-atl2.usenetserver.com!newsfeeds-atl2!chi1.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Allen L. Barker" Newsgroups: alt.politics.org.cia,alt.politics.org.covert,alt.mindcontrol,soc.rights.human Subject: human subjects testing news Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 22:16:46 -0500 Organization: No Dismay Lines: 99 Message-ID: <3DC3439E.CA59FF66@datafilter.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: a5.f7.7c.46 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 2 Nov 2002 03:17:47 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.9-31 i686) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: usenetserver.com alt.politics.org.cia:133848 alt.politics.org.covert:111690 alt.mindcontrol:125305 soc.rights.human:152940 New Status For Embryos In Research http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38113-2002Oct29.html By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, October 30, 2002; Page A01 The Bush administration has revamped the charter of the federal advisory committee that addresses the safety of research volunteers, stating for the first time that embryos in experiments are "human subjects" whose welfare should be considered along with that of fetuses, children and adults. [...] U.S. Tested a Nerve Gas in Hawaii http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/01/politics/01CHEM.html By THOM SHANKER WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 - In the latest release of once-classified reports on chemical warfare tests during the cold war, the Pentagon said today that it detonated artillery shells and rockets filled with deadly Sarin gas in Hawaii in 1967. [...] DOD RELEASES PROJECT SHAD FACT SHEETS http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2002/b05232002_bt264-02.html The Department of Defense today released detailed fact sheets on six Cold War-era chemical and biological warfare tests. Release of the information is part of an on-going effort to provide information needed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to respond to some veterans' claims that tests conducted in the 1960s affected their health. A DoD investigative team found that simulants were used in lieu of chemical and biological warfare agents in many of these tests, but a number did involve the use of actual chemical and biological warfare agents. [...] The Sunshine Project News Release 27 September 2002 http://www.sunshine-project.org/ US Chemical Weapons Program: Human Experiments Planned Contract deadline for delivery of long range "non-lethal" mortar rounds is tomorrow. Documents reveal advanced stage of chemical weapons development. [...] Pentagon: No More GI Guinea Pigs http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56055,00.html By Elliot Borin 02:00 AM Oct. 29, 2002 PST American soldiers may -- or may not -- soon be marching off to war against Iraq, but if they do they'll be going into battle protected by some of the same controversial drugs administered to soldiers during the Gulf War. But this time, the Pentagon vows, adherence to proper medical practices will take the place of a haphazardly administered mass-vaccination program in which tens of thousands of shot records disappeared. The Pentagon has assured Congress and military personnel that only FDA-approved drugs will be used, FDA dosage and administration requirements will be met and proper records will be kept. Critics remain unconvinced. They claim Gulf War GIs were dosed with unapproved compounds responsible for chronic and sometimes fatal ailments. And they contend that the Pentagon's standard operating procedures and attitudes regarding drug administration are the antithesis of good medical practice. [...] -- Mind Control: TT&P --> http://www.datafilter.com/mc Allen Barker