Philadelphia Issues Apology For Experiments On Black Men

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still via NBC10Philadelphia YouTube By Melissa Noel· Updated October 10, 2022

The city of Philadelphia has apologized for unethical experiments conducted on mostly Black inmates at the city’s Holmesburg Prison from the 1950s through the 1970s. 

The city allowed University of Pennsylvania researcher Dr. Albert Kligman to conduct  dermatological, biochemical and pharmaceutical experiments that intentionally exposed about 300 inmates to viruses, fungus, asbestos and chemical agents including dioxin —

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