NYTIMES (Brad Plumer) - U.S. Aims to Give Cold War Plutonium to Start-Ups for Nuclear Fuel
Companies say it’s a better way to dispose of the Cold War-era material — and fix a shortage of nuclear fuel. But the plan has also faced criticism.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Woman injected with Plutonium, suffers cancer six times
Her family thought she was a hypochondriac, but Janet Stadt suffered mutliple cancers in the years after she was unknowingly injected with Plutonium as part of a Manhattan Project experiment on Americans. WATCH the full conversation now on “The Truth of the Matter Podcast with Natasha Zouves” on NewsNation, or listen wherever you get your podcasts. To find the full episode and investigation, visit newsnationnow.com/TOTM/
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Her body was exhumed — without family's knowledge: grandson
Janet Stadt, who was one of 18 people injected with Plutonium as part of a secret government experiment in the 1940s, lived for decades after her injection. After she was buried, her body was exhumed and studied by the government without her family's knowledge. WATCH the full conversation now on “The Truth of the Matter Podcast with Natasha Zouves” on NewsNation, or listen wherever you get your podcasts. To find the full episode and investigation, visit newsnationnow.com/TOTM/
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - The Truth of the Matter: Woman injected with plutonium | NewsNation Prime
Janet Stadt entered a hospital in Rochester, N.Y., seeking treatment for an ulcer. She never consented to becoming a human test subject. Yet in 1946, doctors secretly injected her with plutonium — a radioactive element used to build atomic bombs — to study how it behaved inside the human body. NewsNation's Natasha Zouves , host of "The Truth of the Matter" podcast, talks with the woman's grandson. Listen to the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSmK1GKAuWo&list=PL6PrA6lo8rJIaFbc0VZfFz4xcY8d6vaR6 "NewsNation Prime" is America’s source for unbiased news offering a full range of perspectives from across the U.S. Weekends starting at 7p/6C. #Prime NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - 'Human test subject': 18 Americans injected with Plutonium
Janet Stadt went to Strong Memorial Hospital in 1945 to be treated for an ulcer, but left unknowingly as a human test subject. Now, her grandson tells NewsNation how his grandmother's life changed after she was injected with Plutonium. WATCH the full conversation now on “The Truth of the Matter Podcast with Natasha Zouves” on NewsNation, or listen wherever you get your podcasts. To find the full episode and investigation, visit newsnationnow.com/TOTM/