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With a commitment to bring the truth into the public domain True Stories’ Deadly Experiments forced an enquiry into government-funded radiation experiments conducted in Scottish hospitals during the 1960s. It draws back the curtain on a period of gruesome experiments involving ‘human guinea pigs’ – living, dead and all without consent. The film uncovers a series of breaches of ethical codes as scientific, military and medical agendas were pursued without regard to human life or respect for the deceased. The catalogue of discoveries include; hundreds of pregnant women injected with radioactive substances; Asian women tested for radiation levels after being fed radioactive meals and bones and body parts from dead babies, secretly removed then analysed by government scientists. The documentary generated 66,000 calls from the public in the 60 minutes it was screened.

With a commitment to bring the truth into the public domain True Stories’ Deadly Experiments forced an enquiry into government-funded radiation experiments conducted in Scottish hospitals during the 1960s. It draws back the curtain on a period of gruesome experiments involving ‘human guinea pigs’ – living, dead and all without consent. The film uncovers a series of breaches of ethical codes as scientific, military and medical agendas were pursued without regard to human life or respect for the deceased. The catalogue of discoveries include; hundreds of pregnant women injected with radioactive substances; Asian women tested for radiation levels after being fed radioactive meals and bones and body parts from dead babies, secretly removed then analysed by government scientists. The documentary generated 66,000 calls from the public in the 60 minutes it was screened.

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