Experimentacion humana.pdf

Cornelius Rhoads (1931)
a pathologist, conducted a cancer experiment in Puerto
Rico under the auspices of the Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Investigations. Dr. Rhoads has been accused of
purposely infecting his Puerto Rican subjects with
cancer cells. Thirteen of the subjects died. A Puerto
Rican physician uncovered the experiment an
investigation covered-up the facts. Despite Rhoads' hand
written statements that the Puerto Rican population
should be eradicated, Rhoads went on to establish U.S.
Army Biological Warfare facilities in Maryland, Utah, and
Panama, and was later named to the U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission. Rhoads was also responsible for the
radiation experiments on prisoners, hospital patients,
and soldiers. The American Association for Cancer
Research honored him by naming its exemplary scientist
award the Cornelius Rhoads Award.