Secret Flats Research Revealed

[VERNIG.PETER@forum.va.gov]

Rocky Mountain News of yesterday [2/16] had the front page headline
and story on pages 4 and 6 about organs and tissues used by Los Alamos
for Pu expermentation.  The story though very negative in tone actually
has few revalations.  NOKs signed generalized consents but the article
makes much of the fact that they probably didn't know the nature or the
research or that it was government research.  Also ex-workers of Rocky
Flats were checked for residual Pu when they died.  Results neagtive.
 
About half of the samples reportedly came from Denver area and about
half the hospitals in this area were named but not this one.  Nice
to be left out of a list for a change.  Don't really know if that
is justified.  Article was based on information released by
Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experimentation [ACHRE].
 
Peter Vernig, RSO, VA Med Ctr, Denver, vernig.peter@forum.va.gov