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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I think they are asking if the CIA was the one that did them rather than just suggesting that for the list. I don't think that was the CIA but another government agency (or maybe even just doctor(s), though even then, the study was approved and funded).

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male (informally referred to as the Tuskegee Experiment or Tuskegee Syphilis Study) was a study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a group of nearly 400 African American men with syphilis as well as a control group without.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study

[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yeah you're right. And looking into it, not CIA.