-Caveat Lector- $5 million settlement approved in Cincinnati radiation case Copyright © 1999 Nando Media Copyright © 1999 Associated Press By JOHN NOLAN CINCINNATI (May 5, 1999 7:37 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - A federal judge has OK'd a $5.4 million settlement of lawsuits by families of cancer patients who were subjected to Cold War radiation experiments by University of Cincinnati researchers. The lawsuit charged that the approximately 90 cancer patients who received radiation treatments from 1960 to 1972 in Cincinnati were not fully informed of the risks, or told that the Defense Department was getting the results to learn what might happen to troops exposed to radiation. All but one of the plaintiffs has died. The defendants never conceded that the experiments contributed to the deaths of the patients, who already had advanced cases of cancer when they underwent experimentation. Doctor Eugene Saenger, one of the chief researchers, has said his main objective was to study experimental treatments for patients with inoperable cancer to see if he could stop the growth of tumors. The university administration believes the research was appropriate and there was no wrongdoing. The agreement approved Tuesday gives each of the families about $50,000, plus the right to have the patient from their family listed on a plaque in a courtyard at the hospital. Anna Foster, a Cincinnati woman whose grandmother Parthenia Marshall, 82, died in 1982 after receiving the radiation bombardments, said Tuesday she is pleased with the settlement. "I'm just glad it's over," Foster said. The case puts researchers on notice that people who are experimented on must be told what is being done to them and why, said Robert Newman, a lawyer for about 50 plaintiffs. "Government can't trick people into being part of a drug trial or a psychological experiment or radiation experiment," he said. The Pentagon paid $651,000 - about 60 percent of the funding - for the results of the experiments. The government, the university, the researchers and the city will pay the settlement. The hospital where the tests were conducted was formerly run by the city and then by the university. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Wingate California Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
