The US Military’s Human-Testing Program Returns

[VenusRising]

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/06/7518/

Published on Thursday, March 6, 2008 by CommonDreams.org
Breaking the Nuremberg Code: The US Military’s Human-Testing Program Returns
by Heather Wokusch

The Pentagon is slated to release a suspected toxicant in Crystal City, Virginia this week, ostensibly to test air sensors.The operation is just the latest example of the Defense Department’s long history of using service members and civilians as human test subjects, often without their consent or awareness.

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In the next few days, the Pentagon is slated to release perfluorocarbon tracers and sulfur hexafluoride in Crystal City, Virginia.

Dubbed “Urban Shield: Crystal City Urban Transport Study,” the operation will test the effectiveness of the city’s chemical sensors, and according to The Examiner newspaper, “the data will help the Pentagon and Arlington shape their lockdown policies for chemical and biological attacks or accidents.” Lockdown policies.

According to a Pentagon press release from late February 2008, the study “will involve releasing a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and inert tracer gas that poses no health or safety hazards to people or the environment.”

But it’s not quite that simple. Sulfur hexafluoride is a suspected respiratory toxicant ; as such, exposure in certain amounts may be harmful for those with asthma, emphysema and other respiratory issues. It also is a suspected neurotoxicant, with potential untold consequences for the nervous systems of those vulnerable.

That part is left out of the Pentagon’s press release.

Much more at link above.

[cynatnite]

1. A few other facts not included in that poorly written article...

This is to test how quickly it spreads through buildings. Also, it was done a few years ago as well in Manhatten. They've been working on this for a few years now.

Also, the sulfure hexafluride is harmless. Hell, it's used in magic tricks. Do some more reading rather than believing one badly written article.

Here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_hexafluoride#Greenhouse_gas

http://www.examiner.com/a-1251975~Pentagon_to_test_invisible_gases_in_Crystal_City.html?cid=rss-Washington_DC

Took me less than five minutes to find these. I'm sure with another thirty minutes or so this article can be even more thoroughly debunked. :)