Re: Secret Flats Research Revealed

["Ron L. Kathren" <rkathren@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>]

Peter --

Any chance I could get a copy of the article?  Perhaps by FAX 
(509-375-1817).  Would like to know if they mentioned the Registries.

Ron Kathren

On Fri, 17 Feb 1995 VERNIG.PETER@forum.va.gov wrote:

> 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
>