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The First Nations nutrition experiments were a series of experiments run in Canada by Department of Pensions and National Health (now Health Canada) in the 1940s and 1950s. The experiments involved nutrient-poor isolated communities such as those in The Pas and Norway House in northern Manitoba and in residential schools[1] and were designed to discover relative importance and optimum levels of the then-newly discovered vitamins.[2][3][4] The Calgary Herald has described the deaths connected with the experiments as 'genocide'.[5]

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References

  1. ^ http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/isabel-wallace-untested-drugs-harmed-many-in-the-past-1.1325452
  2. ^ "Project MUSE - Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition Research and Human Biomedical Experimentation in Aboriginal Communities and Residential Schools, 1942–1952". Muse.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  3. ^ "Son defends scientist behind aboriginal nutrition experiments | Toronto Star". Thestar.com. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  4. ^ "Hungry Canadian aboriginal children were used in government experiments during 1940s, researcher says | Toronto Star". Thestar.com. 2013-07-16. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  5. ^ Maher: It’s getting harder to ignore Canada’s genocide, by Stephen Maher, in the Calgary Herald; published September 19, 2014; retrieved August 24, 2019
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