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September 27, 2012

U.S. Army Tested Chemicals on Cities, Low-Income Residents 
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Newly disclosed documents have revealed details on how the U.S. military
carried out testing of chemicals on major U.S. cities during the 1950s
and 1960s. Sociologist Lisa Martino-Taylor of St. Louis Community
College says zinc cadmium sulfide was sprayed in several cities without
residents' knowledge. The most densely sprayed area appears to have been
a housing complex for low-income people in St. Louis.

Lisa Martino-Taylor: "It was pretty shocking, the level of duplicity and
secrecy. Clearly they went to great lengths to deceive people. There is
a lot of evidence that shows people in St. Louis and the city, in
particular minority communities, were subjected to military testing that
was connected to a larger radiological weapons testing project."

 

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