America's secret medical experiments in the Cold War
Welsome, Eileen
1999
An expose of the fifty-year cover-up surrounding the experiments conducted by Manhattan Project medical doctors on eighteen unsuspecting patients who were secretly injected with plutonium; with information about additional experiments American citizens were subjected to during the postwar years without their knowledge.
Contains seventeen essays that offer varying perspectives on issues that relate to stem cell research, and discusses whether stem cell research is immoral, alternatives of embryonic stem cell research, government responsibilities, and more.
Contains twenty-three essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to the pharmaceutical industry, debating the safety and bias of research, the regulation and cost of prescription drugs, and the ethics of marketing practices.
Reporter Marcia "Carley" DeCarlo uncovers a dangerous conspiracy when she sets out to investigate the disappearance of Nicholas Spencer, the head of the medical research company Gen-stone, who reportedly looted the company and fled shortly after receiving word that the anticancer vaccine developed by Gen-stone was being denied FDA approval.
Contains fourteen controversial articles that debate various perspectives on the issue of human embryo experimentation, exploring questions over whether the practice is beneficial and ethical, whether research should be federally funded, and whether early human embryos are human beings.
Discusses the promise of hydrogen fuel cells as a solution to energy and environmental problems, looks at key issues involved in making the transition to a hydrogen economy, and concludes that energy policies in the early twenty-first century do not support the rapid transition that is needed to halt climate change.
Traces the history of scientific efforts to learn and master the secrets of cold, and discusses the advances in civilization, comfort, and technology that have been achieved through cold research.
