Word: experimention
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The experiment, made public yesterday by the state and by Harvard, links at least two more University scientists to government-sanctioned tests with radiation conducted on retarded children.
The children in the experiment attended the Wrentham State School for the retarded, which is administered by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation.
The experiment was brought to light by a Medical School professor who came across a published study of the experiment last week while preparing for a lecture, Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs Jane H. Corlette said last night. The study was mentioned in a footnote the professor...
A department task force, which is also investigating the Fernald experiments, interrupted its ongoing probe yesterday to issue an angry press release condemning the experiment.
This most recent experiment was performed over a four-month period in 1961 and 1962 at the state school in Wrentham, a suburb located an hour's drive south of Boston.