The 30 Year Human Radiation Experiment

According to a 1995 memorandum issued by the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, in 1947, information concerning human experiments conducted during the Manhattan Project remained under wraps because release of that information was deemed “too embarrassing” to the U.S. government.

Given the fact that such reasoning behind classification of information was not that uncommon during the late 1940s and early 50s, this doesn’t come as a great surprise.