Most were black, of course

  • jackal [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    His Wikipedia page says that they were not just prisoners but "mentally disabled" prisoners:

    He has written over 3,000 research articles, which according to an estimate could be a world record. He was, however, found to have conducted research on mentally disabled prisoners without record of their consent. He and other researchers exposed a number of mentally disabled prisoners to herbicides and insecticides. Maibach claims he followed what was considered to be ethical at the time.