Did army spray radioactive particles over St. Louis? ~ UPDATE

Update to my article from Sept 28, 2012: Researcher says Army scientists secretly sprayed cities with radioactive particles for years

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http://endthelie.com/2012/09/29/researcher-says-army-scientists-sec...

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*Just In* TV: Did army spray radioactive particles over St. Louis? - “Strong indication” it happened says researcher - Senator wants answers (videos)

I-Team: The Army’s secret Cold War experiments on St. Louisans KSDK St. Louis/KSDK St. Louis Sep 25, 2012

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The I-Team independently verified that the spraying of zinc cadmium sulfide did take place in St. Louis on thousands of unsuspecting citizens.

What is unclear is whether the Army added a radioactive material to the compound as [sociologist Lisa]Martino-Taylor’s research implies.

“The study was secretive for reason.

They didn’t have volunteers stepping up and saying yeah, I’ll breathe zinc cadmium sulfide with radioactive particles,” said Martino-Taylor.

Army archive pictures show how the tests were done in Corpus Christi, Texas in the 1960s. In Texas, planes were used to drop the chemical. But in St. Louis, the Army placed chemical sprayers on buildings and station wagons.

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“There is a lot of evidence that shows people in St. Louis and the city, in particular minority communities, were subjected to military testing that was connected to a larger radiological weapons testing project,” she said.

For the first time, she links the St. Louis testing to a company called US Radium, a company notorious for lawsuits involving radioactive contamination of its workers.

“US radium had this reputation where they had been found legally liable for producing a radioactive powdered paint that killed many young women who painted fluorescent watch tiles,” said Martino-Taylor.

While the Army admits it added a florescent substance to the zinc cadmium compound, details of whether it was radioactive remains secret.

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I-Team: The Army's secret Cold War experiments on St. Louisans

By Leisa Zigman I-Team Reporter

St. Louis (KSDK) - Lisa Martino-Taylor is a sociologist whose life's work has been to uncover details of the Army's ultra-secret military experiments carried out in St. Louis and other cities during the 1950s and 60s.

She will make her research public Tuesday, but she spoke first to the I-Team's Leisa Zigman.

The I-Team independently verified that the spraying of zinc cadmium sulfide did take place in St. Louis on thousands of unsuspecting citizens.

What is unclear is whether the Army added a radioactive material to the compound as Martino-Taylor's research implies.

"The study was secretive for reason.

They didn't have volunteers stepping up and saying yeah, I'll breathe zinc cadmium sulfide with radioactive particles," said Martino-Taylor.

Army archive pictures show how the tests were done in Corpus Christi, Texas in the 1960s.

In Texas, planes were used to drop the chemical.

But in St. Louis, the Army placed chemical sprayers on buildings and station wagons.

Documents confirmed that city officials were kept in the dark about the tests...

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http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/339573/3/I-Team-The-Armys-secret-C...

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http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/263545.html

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