University Place

Cold War Human Radiation Experiments and the Media

Special | 42m 10s

Susan Lederer Professor, Medical History and Bioethics, UW-Madison Professor Susan Lederer talks about her research with Cold War radiation and human radiation experiments. She is trained as a historian of science and medicine. She studies the use of animal and human subjects in experiments and was involved in the 20th century American opposition to using animals in experimentation.

Aired: 07/02/09

Rating: TV-G

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