In some cases, soldiers involved in these experiments were exposed to multiple chemical and biological agents, including incapacitating drugs and toxic substances. hide caption. Ariel Zambelich/NPR These irritant chemicals were selected for human testing following preliminary animal studies. The chemicals were given to volunteer service members at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland; Dugway Proving Ground, Utah; and Forts Benning, Bragg, and McClellan. The use of troops to test nerve gas, psychochemicals, and thousands of other toxic chemical or biological substances. Only a small number of all the experiments done during this period involved mustard agents or Lewisite. Experiments were carried out with safety of subjects a principal focus. This program involved testing nerve agents, nerve agent antidotes, psycho chemicals, and irritants. A tattered ball cap that says World War II veteran hangs by the front door in his house. Tim Josephs arrived at Edgewood Arsenal in 1968, he knew there was something different about the place. II. It is not known how many soldiers may be experiencing long-tem health problems because of their participation in the U.S. Army medical experiments at Edgewood Arsenal. CampBell's Complaint says that after execution of the real estate contract between McGill and the Abrahams, "on October 27, 2020, Sherry Abraham, acting as an Edgewood Town Councilor, filed an Emergency Motion to Intervene in the McGill lawsuit (D-101-CV-2020-00328).". A recent class action lawsuit filed by the Vietnam Veterans of America required the U.S. Army to provide medical care to veterans who volunteered to contribute to the advancement of the U.S. biological and chemical programs. As late as 2014 incomplete information due to the failure to declassify and release relevant classified documents prevented IOM from conducting adequate medical studies related to similar former US biowarfare programs. Cavell then submitted the documents to the VA as proof of his exposure. 1,073 subjects were exposed to aerosolized CS; 82 subjects had both skin applications and aerosol exposures; and finally. APG Transition: 1980s-1990s Hancock said the class action lawsuit led to nearly 10 years of litigation. Initially, such studies focused solely on the lethality of the gases and its treatment and prevention. Fed the "F" up. While in the Navy, Cavell (center, No. But the VA didn't uphold those promises, an NPR investigation has found. hide caption. Tim Josephs blames secret Army program for health issues, including Parkinson's disease, Facility tested potentially lethal gases, narcotics and LSD on animals and humans, Cold War research initially aimed to defend against Soviet chemical or biological attack, The VA has contacted and offered free medical evaluations to thousands of veterans. Health Care VA decides these claims on a case-by-case basis. If you are concerned about exposures during Edgewood/Aberdeen chemical tests, talk to your health care provider or local VA Environmental Health Coordinator. However once the experiments were uncovered, the US Senate also concluded questionable legality of the experiments and strongly condemned them. The chemical agents tested on volunteers included chemical warfare agents and other related agents:[1]. Nashville veteran Dennis Paul, 79, discussed his experience in the program with NewsChannel 5 Investigates, saying he it impacted him long after he left the Army. Please switch auto forms mode to off. All rights reserved. The study could not rule out long-term health effects related to exposure to the nerve agents. Vol. His wife, Irene, remembers how the experiments affected his health for the rest of his life. The Edgewood Arsenal experiments took place from approximately 1952 to 1975 at the Medical Research Laboratories, which is now known as the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense of the Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. I feel like in my heart there's a lot of guys out there that went through the same thing I did," Paul said. Discovery Company. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) A top-secret military program treated active-duty U.S. soldiers like they were guinea pigs according to a class action lawsuit that shed light on what happened. The Edgewood Arsenal Rod and Gun Club was a club that included U.S. Army officers and Department of the Army civilian personnel stationed at the Arsenal as well as their families and guests. From 1955 to 1975, military researchers at Edgewood were using not only animals but human subjects to test a witches brew of drugs and chemicals. The "Independent Study Course" cites mainly a three-volume study by the Institute of Medicine (19821985) for its data and conclusions, Possible Long-Term Health Effects of Short-Term Exposure to Chemical Agents. EDGEWOOD ARSENAL / MKULTRA LAWSUIT MOVES TO NEXT PHASE Claims it is unconstitutional for the VA to decide VA claims where VA itself participated in the illegal chemical and biological weapons program. Blocks of ice sat on shelves overhead with fans blowing across them to increase the humidity in the room, which intensified mustard gas's effects on the body. [22], Material Testing Program EA (Edgewood Arsenal) numbers. While early experiments with marijuana and LSD get plenty of discussion, much of the long-term damage seems to result from experimentation with the powerful incapacitating agent 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate, commonly known as BZ. Cavell says that even today, when he comes to a locked door he's reminded of the inside of a gas chamber. "It just did not look like a military base, more. These experiments were conducted primarily to learn how various agents would affect humans (NRC 1982). BTS will be on hiatus until all seven members complete their mandatory military service in South Korea. Josephs received his letter from the VA in 2008, four decades after he arrived at the Maryland base. On July 24, 2013, United States District Court Judge Claudia Wilken issued an order granting in part and denying in part plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and granting in part and denying in part defendants' motion for summary judgment. Eight individual isomers numbered EA-2233-1 through EA-2233-8. From 1955 to 1975, the U.S. Army Chemical Corps conducted classified medical studies at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Josephs applied for veterans benefits based on chemical exposure at Edgewood. . have hearing loss, Anticholinesterase nerve agents (ex., sarin and common organophosphorus (OP), and carbamate pesticides), Nerve agent antidotes atropine and scopolamine, Nerve agent reactivators (ex., the common OP antidote 2-PAM chloride), Psychoactive agents (ex., LSD, PCP, cannaboids, and BZ). Schnurman and his wife, Joy, spent the next two decades compiling evidence of the testing in order to put pressure on the military. The moment 18-year-old Army Pvt. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has a page about the testing on its website. Original photo: Courtesy of Charlie Cavell, Left: U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Agency; Right: Naval Research Laboratory. But Goss says that excuse is at the core of all that is dysfunctional in Washington bureaucracies. Around 7,000 US military personnel and 1,000 civilians were test subjects over almost three decades. And instances when she told me when the office people had to stay indoors instill all cleared. And in 2010, the VA announced it would review 90,000 previously denied Agent Orange claims. The Army then sent Josephs to Air Force bases in Thailand, in support of the war effort in Vietnam. While I understand the premise of the lawsuit as stated, I have a question, I and my parents moved to Jolla in 1964. 2023 Cable News Network. After all, the Edgewood experimenters were focused on disabling soldiers in combat, where there would be tactical value simply in disabling the enemy.[8]. Erspamer said the government has reached very few of the 7,000 or so Edgewood veterans, and the VA has turned down almost all Edgewood-related health claims. The IOM decided in the end there wasnt enough information to reach definitive conclusions.. APG-EA continued to hurt soldiers ways after the human experiments and should be considered also. [The VA] has made it a priority to identify all service members exposed to chemical and biological substances. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much From Edgewood, Josephs said he went to an Army installation in Georgia, where he experienced tremors so severe, he had to be admitted to the base hospital and given muscle relaxers. "[6], The Edgewood Arsenal human experiments took place from approximately 1948 to 1975 at the Medical Research Laboratorieswhich is now known as the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)at the Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The heart of the film is interviews with a group of veterans who participated in the testing program, mostly during the Vietnam War era. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Tyler Perry wrote and will direct the story of an all-female, all-Black battalion that served in Europe. Tim Josephs arrived at Edgewood Arsenal in 1968, he knew there was something different about the place. 2009), the plaintiffs did not seek monetary damages. The prior finding held that the Army has an ongoing duty to seek out and provide "notice" to former test participants of any new information that could potentially affect their health. 7 Jun 2022 Military.com | By James Barber From 1955 to 1975, the Army conducted chemical weapons testing on volunteer soldiers at the Edgewood Arsenal facility in Maryland in pursuit of an. 877-222-8387, TDD (Hearing Impaired) "There was no identifying information," he says. According to the memoirs of James Ketchum, who also cites the IOM study for the data, "24 belladonnoid glycolates and related compounds" were "given to 1,800 subjects". My mom eventually transferred to Edgewood Arsenal shortly later. These studies included a secret human subjects component at least as early as 1948, when "psychological reactions" were documented in Edgewood technicians. Paul retired from the military and went on to raise a family in Nashville. The experiments involved at least 254 chemical substances, but focused mainly on midspectrum incapacitants, such as LSD, THC derivatives, benzodiazepines, and BZ. Case No. After receiving the drug, soldiers were monitored to see if they could do basic tasks like run an obstacle course. According to a recent report by CNN.com "From 1955 to 1975, military researchers at Edgewood were using not only animals but human subjects to test a witches' brew of drugs and chemicals. Officials at the Pentagon tell NPR it's likely that some of the records about military mustard gas experiments were never recovered. The chemical caused a delirium that included hallucinations and an inability to carry out tasks. In the midst of the Cold War, the military was concerned chemical agents could be used against U.S. soldiers. Hit enter to expand a main menu option (Health, Benefits, etc). "Health Effects from Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Weapons", Vol. There were instances of chemical damages to the car. To date, these policies have not been applied to World War II vets who were exposed to mustard gas. The tests evaluated protective equipment like gas masks and suits. "It's sobering to hear the words and discussion that was happening about setting this program up," Hancock said. All Rights Reserved. This top secret Cold War research program initially looked for ways to defend against a chemical or biological attack by the Soviet Union, thought to be far ahead of the United States in psycho-chemical warfare. Youre going to do it. File a claim online. It wasn't the real me there," Paul said. As a result, at least one class action lawsuit has been filed against the Defense Department and Department of Veteran Affairs, with the hope of, at the very least, getting . At 79 years old, he actively harvests honey from his bee farm. Cheryl Huppertz filed a lawsuit in district court Sept. 28, seeking a writ of mandamus to compel Edgewood to produce public [] He was told never to talk about his experiences at Edgewood and to forget about everything he ever did, said or heard at the Maryland base. Subscribe to the Military.com newsletter to have military news, updates and resources delivered straight to your inbox. Blisters that eventually increased to the size of half dollar coins started to grow in the same places. Kathleen Curthoys is editor of Army Times. A group of them, led by Nat Schnurman, went public with their stories in 1990. NPR interviewed more than 40 living test subjects and family members, and they describe an unending cycle of appeals and denials as they struggled to get government benefits for mustard gas exposure. Each year more of their stories die with them. All Rights Reserved. From 1955 to 1975, the Army conducted chemical weapons testing on volunteer soldiers at the Edgewood Arsenal facility in Maryland in pursuit of an agent that could disable enemy troops on the field of battle without killing them. President Nixon ended research into offensive chemical weapons in 1969, and the military no longer uses human subjects in research on chemical agents, said a spokesman for Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, as the facility is known now. 1. He blames his time at Edgewood for all this, and he has joined a lawsuit on behalf of Edgewood veterans seeking medical benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans who became Army guinea pigs for secret drug and chemical experiments are suing the VA, the CIA and the Defense Department. A lawsuit brought by a veterans advocacy group, Vietnam Veterans of America, resulted in the requirement that the Army give medical care to eligible veterans who took part in testing that supported U.S. chemical and biological programs, Army Medical Command officials said in a release this week. That adds up to 1,167 man-years of survival. Thus, between 1950 and 1975, about 6,720 soldiers took part in experiments involving exposures to 254 different chemicals, conducted at U.S. Army Laboratories at Edgewood Arsenal, MD (NRC 1982, NRC 1984, NAS 1993). Several veterans claimed they were exposed to dangerous chemicals during government-sponsored Cold War experiments without their knowledge, and they filed suit in 2009 against the Army, Veterans Affairs, the CIA and the Department of Defense. In January 2014, an additional request was made for release of multiple films made of Project SHAD tests. For example, certain types of 'psychochemicals' would make it possible to paralyze temporarily entire population centers without damage to homes and other structures. Inside the chamber, Cavell's skin started to turn red and burn in the places where he sweat the most: between his legs, behind his neck and under his arms. The truth about the CIA is quite another story, one that should've been a huge news story a decade ago but gets fully recounted here for anyone who missed the truth the first time. Similarly, cholinesterase reactivators antidotes such as 2-PAM were tested on about 750 subjects. In 1988, Cavell requested copies of his records from the experiments he was in at the Naval Research Laboratory. Then, in 1996, Bollinger received a military commendation in the mail. None of the requested materials were cleared for public release as of this writing (2016).[19]. Three test subjects enter a gas chamber, which will fill with mustard gas, as part of the military's secret chemical warfare testing in March 1945. Harry Bollinger, 88, of Freeport, Pa., pauses as he talks about his recovery from mustard gas exposure as part of an experiment at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. A lot of chemicals were referred to as agent one or agent two., Some weeks, he would undergo one test; other weeks, more, Josephs said. hide caption, Former CIA Director Porter Goss says the VA has mishandled these claims. The Army is now required to provide medical care to veterans if they can prove their health issues are the result of the testing. Josephs has not received any health benefits related to his time as a human test subject at Edgewood. Courtesy of Edgewood Arsenal According to the lawsuit, some of the volunteers were even implanted with electrical devices in an effort to control their behaviour. She says they didn't know that he was eligible for disability benefits when he died of a heart attack in 1995. Please be sure to specify the particular web page or function at issue, and provide us with any other information you may think will help us locate the area. These efforts are ongoing. He filed a federal lawsuit for compensation in 1979, but was unsuccessful because of a legal doctrine that protects the military from being sued for service-related injuries. In 2015, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the Army, and not Veterans Affairs, should provide veterans with medical care related to the testing. However, the declaration was an effective deterrent, and the Axis powers did not use . "And these people should have long been appropriately provided for. While the soldiers were given the option to decline the drug testing, there were innuendos of bad punishments if they did not participate, the former soldier said, according to CNN. "Incapacitating chemical agents": Law enforcement, human rights law and policy perspectives. "You can't coordinate anything you know. "But we have done everything that we could do, I definitely believe that.". "This is not an easy, not a simple thing," Flohr says. Paul showed us an interview from April of 1968. including tests designed to look for racial difference. hide caption, When the story broke, VA Deputy Secretary Anthony Principi appeared on 60 Minutes, in 1991, to explain how the agency would respond to men who were injured in the tests: "They should be praised for what they did," Principi said on the CBS News program. The announcement applies to testing that took place from 1942 to 1975, officials said. Lieberman, while acknowledging that "most of the military data" on the research ongoing at the Army Chemical Center was "secret and unpublished", asserted that "There are moral imponderables, such as whether insanity, temporary or permanent, is a more 'humane' military threat than the usual afflictions of war. You couldn't get out," he says. Edgewood also hit a roadblock with its field in May of 2020, when the City of . Gordon Erspamer, lead attorney in suit against VA. During experiments that began on February 19, 1968, Josephs experienced Parkinsons-like tremors after receiving Prolixin, an antipsychotic medication, Erspamer said, prompting the Edgewood medical staff to give the young soldier Congentin and Artane, two drugs used to treat Parkinsons symptoms. 1, "Anticholinesterases and Anticholinergics" (1982). "Dr. Delirium & the Edgewood Experiments" is a new Discovery+ documentary (available on June 9, 2022) that chronicles the program and its long-term effects on the soldiers who participated in the testing. They decided to live in the country. Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Md. . The committee's understanding is that additional, and potentially relevant, material on SHAD tests exists and remains classified. Served as a volunteer for medical research in a U.S. Army chemical or biological substance testing program from 1942 to 1975. In the late 1940s and early '50s, the U.S. Army worked with Harvard anesthesiologist Henry K. Beecher at its interrogation center at Camp King in Germany on the use of psychoactive compounds (mescaline, LSD), including human subject experiments and the debriefing of former Nazi physicians and scientists who had worked along similar lines before the end of the war. The Army colonel had no regrets about the experiments and believed he was acting in the best interests of the nation as it faced a Cold War threat. Youre going to Vietnam either way before or after, Josephs said recently. Since I grew up in close proximity to Edgewood with obvious chemical testing, how much can I have transferred birth defects to him? To access the menus on this page please perform the following steps. [1] The experiments were abruptly terminated by the Army in late 1975 amidst an atmosphere of scandal and recrimination as lawmakers accused researchers of questionable ethics. Erspamer said he sees a connection between Josephs Parkinsons disease and the drugs he received at Edgewood. Berzellini says every winter her husband spent weeks in bed with chronic bronchitis an illness government studies have linked to mustard gas exposure. A third type of test exposed troops to gas outdoors in simulated combat settings. Hunt, Secret Agenda: The U.S. Government, Nazi Scientists and Project Paperclip 1945-1991. I was stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground and assigned to Edgewood Arsenal, my family and I lived in government quarters just off post in Edgewood and on the arsenal from 1985 -1990 for my family and 1985-89 for myself. The court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment with respect to the other claims. Schnurman, who died in 2013 when he was 87, had suffered debilitating injuries after being tested at the U.S. On the other side is an in-depth and wide-ranging interview with Ketchum filmed shortly before his death in 2019. We closely follow guidance from the World Wide Web Consortium. Greene called for a search for novel psychoactive compounds that would create the same debilitating mental side effects as those produced by nerve gases, but without their lethal effect. The VA created a list of illnesses that are linked to mustard gas exposure such as skin cancer, leukemia and chronic breathing problems. In 1968, Tim Josephs was told he would be testing gas masks, boots and other clothing, he said. Congress has intervened in similar situations. soldiers at the Edgewood Arsenal, or to other "volunteers" under contract to the Edgewood Arsenal, were not disclosed. As a result of the testing, many of the veterans who served between two and four months at the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, suffer from chronic, debilitating illnesses. "About 7,000 soldiers took part in the experiments that involved exposures to more than 250 chemicals," it stated. An Army investigation subsequently found no evidence of serious injuries or deaths associated with the MRVP, but deplored both the recruiting process and the informed consent approach, which they characterized as "suggest[ing] possible coercion". In the mid-1970s, in the wake of many health claims made regarding exposure to the agents, the U.S. Congress began investigations of possible abuse in experiments and of inadequate informed consent given to the soldiers and civilians involved. An "Independent Study Course" for continuing medical education produced by the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Effects from Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Weapons (October 2003),[12] presents the following summary of the Edgewood Arsenal experiments: Renewed interest led to renewed human testing by the Department of Defense (DoD), although ultimately on a much smaller scale. Further, GAO concluded that precise information on the scope and the magnitude of tests involving human subjects was not available, and the exact number of human subjects might never be known. Call: 988 (Press 1), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington DC 20420. Cavell and five others were told to stay put. According to CNN, declassified government documents indicated the men were exposed to incapacitating drugs like BZ; or to sarin, an extremely toxic, potentially deadly substance that disrupts the nervous system; or to VX, a liquid neurotoxin considered one of the most dangerous chemicals created. Former ABC and Politico correspondent Tara Palmeri leads a team of investigative journalists as they reexamine a dark chapter of Army history. The action is related to a 2009 lawsuit filed by VVA, an Army spokesperson confirmed to Army Times. Tim clearly had adverse health effects because they gave him such high doses that he ranged from overdose with one substance to the antidote, back and forth, and he actually had to get a very powerful antipsychotic drug because, in the vernacular, he flipped out.. It claimed "no significant health effects have been observed" in those who were tested. The lawsuit sought for the veterans to be notified about what substances they had received and be provided medical coverage. A diagnosed medical condition they think is a direct result of taking part in an Army chem/bio substance testing program. The court resolved all of the remaining claims in the case and vacated trial. Whether you're looking for news and entertainment, thinking of joining the military or keeping up with military life and benefits, Military.com has you covered. The Edgewood Arsenal human experiments took place from approximately 1948 to 1975 at the Medical Research Laboratorieswhich is now known as the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)at the Edgewood Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. A nurse or doctor asked him questions after he was put in a chamber and exposed to an irritant, likely tear gas. 31 subjects experienced ocular exposure via direct CS application to their eyes. Copyright 2023 Military.com. The document acknowledges his participation in mustard gas experiments. The 1945 Edgewood Arsenal explosion killed twelve munitions workers and injured more than fifty on May 25, 1945. Court documents show that the Veterans Benefits Administration rejected 84 of 86 health claims related to chemical or biological exposure. The plaintiffs collectively referred to themselves as the "Test Vets". [3] In the 1950s, some officials in the U.S. Department of Defense publicly asserted that many "forms of chemical and allied warfare as more 'humane' than existing weapons. They. ", And "How would you compare this test with the last one?". Long-term follow-up was not planned as part of the DoD studies. Find out if you qualify for VA health care. Some gave up out of frustration. He filed a federal lawsuit for compensation in 1979, but was unsuccessful because of a legal doctrine that protects the military from being sued for service-related injuries. Thank you. 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