First Nations nutrition experiments
First Nations nutrition experiments were a series of experiments run in Canada by Department of Pensions and National Health (now Health Canada). 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 deaths connected with the experiments have been described as 'genocide', but this is not (yet) a mainstream view.[5]
References
- ^ http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/isabel-wallace-untested-drugs-harmed-many-in-the-past-1.1325452
- ^ "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.
- ^ Tuesday, August 5, 2014 5:55 AM EDT (2013-07-24). "Son defends scientist behind aboriginal nutrition experiments | Toronto Star". Thestar.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Tuesday, August 5, 2014 5:55 AM EDT (2013-07-16). "Hungry Canadian aboriginal children were used in government experiments during 1940s, researcher says | Toronto Star". Thestar.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/getting+harder+ignore+Canada+genocide/10219357/story.html