Word: experimention
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A chart on page 3 of yesterday's paper was in error. Children in subgroup D of the 1962 experiment at the Wrentham State School were given 1,000, not 100, micrograms of radioactive iodine.
Whalen called the experiment "just one more ofthose experiments of the 1960s and 1950s thatyou've been reading about."
High concentrations of the idodine-131 used inthe experiment can lead to thyroid cancer, Whalensaid.
The experiment examined the possibility ofincreasing the body's ability to absorb theeffects of nuclear fallout by administeringsmaller doses to increase tolerance levels. Thechildren were grouped into three age categoriesfor the test.
Corlette said Harvard officials were"surprised" to learn that the state had issued apress release about the experiment. Harvard'sstatement came in response to the state's release.