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1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
1. and, the fact ...
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 04:44 PM
Nov 2012
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Army used motorized blowers atop a low-income housing high-rise, on schools and in other locations to spray zinc cadmium sulfide, a fine fluorescent powder, into the air. The testing was part of a biological weapons program and St. Louis was chosen because it bore some resemblance to Russian cities that the U.S. might attack.


And the fact, that there were/are a lot of Black folks living there didn't hurt.

Tuskegee ... Now this? Yep, I do have good reason to trust my government and its experiments.
and, the fact ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #1
Nothing to see here folks. Move along now. Scuba Nov 2012 #2
Tip of the iceberg DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #3
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